Electronic properties news, August 2021

Printed vessels produce metamaterial with lots of properties

Researchers have developed a new vascular metamaterial that can be easily reconfigured to modify its thermal and electromagnetic properties.

Turning over a new leaf in resistive switching devices

common household plant, Golden Pothos, shows unusual electrical response that could be harnessed in resistive memory devices

New synthesis approach for “stubborn” metals and metal oxides

Improved technology for “stubborn” group of metals for thin films in electronics

Biomaterials Awards 2021 - Call for Nominations

Novel superconductor creates waves with magnetic field

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a novel superconductor exhibits a charge density wave state that creates its own magnetic field.

Purified crystalline material has power to convert heat to electricity

By removing oxygen from polycrystalline tin selenide, researchers have produced the most efficient thermoelectric system on record.

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Discovery of New Nonlinear Optical Materials

New study unlocks enigma of electron collisions in strange metals

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that colliding electrons in strange metals obey the 'Planckian limit' and accurately measured it.

New AI tool learns to find metal-insulator transition

Using machine learning, researchers have identified important features for characterizing materials that exhibit a metal-insulator transition.

New quantum state found in 2D antiferromagnet

For the first time, scientists have observed a new quantum state potentially related to dark matter, known as an axion insulator, in a 2D antiferromagnet.

Manganese sulfide responds to small amount of pressure

As pressure is applied to manganese disulfide in a diamond anvil, it transitions from an insulator to a metallic state and then back to an insulator.

New recycling technique blasts nanowires from electronic devices

A novel technique that uses blasts of ultrasound to help recycle silver nanowires in electronic devices could work with many other nanomaterials.

Strange metal turns out to superconduct after all

Contrary to previous assumptions, researchers have discovered that a 'strange metal' made of ytterbium, rhodium and silicon is a superconductor.

Three could be magic number for superconducting magic-angle graphene

Researchers have observed signs of a rare type of superconductivity known as 'spin-triplet' in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene.