Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have visualized how oxygen ion migration in a complex
oxide material causes the material to alter its crystal structure in a uniform and reversible fashion, prompting large modulations of electrical resistance.
Not exact matches
Oxides, a ferroelectric
material, develop an internal electric field because their ions move,
causing positive / negative charges.
While CME
material slamming into Earth's atmosphere can
cause temperature spikes of up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit, the nitric
oxide created by the energy infusion can subsequently cool it by about 930 F, said Knipp.
Further testing of the
material suggested that crosslinking, or bonding, using transition metals and rare - earth metals,
caused the graphene
oxide to possess new semiconducting, magnetic and optical properties.
Whether the ions are lithium ions, in the case of lithium ion batteries, or oxygen ions, in the case of the
oxide materials, their reversible motion
causes the
material to expand and contract.