Home > Press > Experiment takes 'snapshots' of light, stops light, uses light to change properties of matterAbstract:Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons, or equivalently as electromagnetic field waves. Experiments led by Hrvoje Petek, an R.K. Mellon professor in the Department...
Detective work in theoretical physics: Researchers publish review article on the physics of interacting particles
Physicists have published a review article on the so-called dynamical density functional theory (DDFT). This is a method for describing systems consisting of a large number of interacting particles such as are found in liquids, for example.
Nanotechnology Now – Press Release: Scientists suggested a method to improve performance of methanol fuel cells
Home > Press > Scientists suggested a method to improve performance of methanol fuel cellsMetallic glass, microscopic image CREDIT FEFU press officeAbstract:Fuel cells based on methanol oxidation have a huge potential in the motor and technical industries. To increase their energy performance, scientists suggest using electrodes made of thin...
Shapeshifting crystals – Varying stability in different forms of gallium selenide monolayers
Dec 28, 2020 (Nanowerk News) The gallium selenide monolayer has been recently discovered to have an alternative crystal structure and has diverse potential applications in electronics. Understanding its properties is crucial to understand its functions. Now, scientists from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and the University of...