Program Highlights

July 19, 2007

Crystalline oxides on silicon

Research
Yale University
June 22, 2007

Power transfer goes cordless

Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Members of IRG-I of the MIT MRSEC have recently demonstrated wireless transfers of power on the order of 60W over distances greater than 7 feet, with efficiency of roughly 50%, confirming the predictions of an earlier theoretical paper. The power transfer scheme proposed, dubbed "WiTricity," could be used for wireless charging of autonomous electronic devices.

June 13, 2007

Self-Assembly Behavior of Hydrophobins

Research
University of Southern Mississippi
self_assembly_white_background.jpg Precisely controlled adhesion, and specifically the ability to reversibly control adhesion, is a long term challenge to the scientific community, and of intense interest for biomaterials problems including antifouling and cell adhesion. We have developed self-assembly behavior of a variety of hydrophobin molecules in solution.
June 13, 2007

Creating Antimicrobial Polymer Surfaces; Attachment of Penicillin

Research
University of Southern Mississippi
May 31, 2007

A New Generation of Spintronic Devices: MgO Magnetic Tunneling Junctions

Research
Johns Hopkins University
We developed a low-pressure magnetron sputtering technique together with the linear dynamic deposition method and successfully fabricated a new type of magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs) with (001) textured MgO barrier.
May 31, 2007

Secondary Teacher Interacting with Materials Professors Strikes Gold

Research
Johns Hopkins University
May 31, 2007

Domains and Domain Wall Motion in Perpendicular Anisotropy Materials

Research
Johns Hopkins University
May 30, 2007

New Electronic Material Fits In Where It's Placed

Research
University of Maryland
May 30, 2007

Molecular Nano-Ring Beats Like a Chime

Research
University of Maryland
Perfect rings of C60 molecules, lined up around circular layers of silver, reveal an important property of nanoelectronic contacts: thermal energy causes the structures to fluctuate. The movement of the molecules in the rings is captured by making repeated ("time-lapse") STM images. The results show that the ring vibrates like a mechanical object, with well-defined shape changes known as "modes." Such metal-molecule interface vibrations will create unique electrical signatures in nanoelectronic devices.
May 30, 2007

Novel multiferroic thin film memory devices

Research
University of Maryland