They studied how this spontaneous voltage depends on the current direction, temperature, and the chemical composition (
the level of doping by strontium, which controls the electron density).
In the copper - oxide material, instead of raising the temperature, the scientists raise
the level of doping to «melt» the density waves at a particular «critical point.»
But subsequent scans taken as more charge carriers were added revealed that the static pattern disappeared and electrons began to flow freely in all directions at exactly the same
level of doping — close to the point at which the most robust superconductivity sets in.
Not exact matches
If you're willing to accept the fact that American riders in the early aughts were competing on a relatively
level playing field with regards to
doping, then you have to accept that, perhaps, they were just a special group
of individual athletes.
What difference does it make, with a
dope like Arsene as manager we could sign Messi and he would find a way
of dragging him down to our
level.
Evidence about referees, about injury
levels, about media manipulation, about the corruption
of the transfer market, about financial
doping...
The six - time Paralympic gold medallist can't wait to get his season started but says he hopes he is competing on a
level playing field after news
of Polish wheelchair racer Tomasz Hamerlak's four - year
doping ban
First they
doped a lithium niobate crystal with traces
of iron and manganese, which created traps for the electrons by adding a new set
of energy
levels.
«Organic - conjugated polymers are emerging as a materials class for energy - related applications, enabling a path to a more sustainable energy landscape without the need
of energy - intensive, expensive and sometimes toxic metal - based compounds,» the researchers wrote, concluding that «a model polymer, P (NDI2OD - T2), was stably and reversibly n -
doped to a high
doping level of 2.0, a significant progress for electron - transporting π - conjugated polymers.
The U.S. Anti-
Doping Agency (USADA)-- not part
of WADA — for instance, built a 2004
doping case against sprinter Michelle Collins in part on indirect evidence, including years
of urine tests that showed «extreme fluctuations» in her testosterone
levels.
But others say that spikes
of these chemicals, at
levels much higher than normal, are a red flag for
doping.
However, it had been difficult to understand the mechanism
of carrier
doping at the microscopic
level.
The position and density
of the
doping elements can be controlled in these ribbons, which, in turn, allows the electronic properties
of the ribbons themselves to be controlled on the atomic
level.