Highlights
Jul 10, 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Perfectly Organized Gold Nanorings
S. Thayumanavan (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) and T. Russell (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Creating well-organized conducting nanostructures in a flexible polymer matrix provides platforms for numerous
applications in optics, sensors, and wave-guiding structures. Working in the Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Polymers at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Thayumanavan and Russell achieved self-assembled hybrid
structures from diblock copolymers and gold nanoparticles, where the
Jul 3, 2013
University of Colorado at Boulder
Materials Science from CU
MSFCU has been extraordinarily successful in reaching Colorado K-12 students with
physical sciences
presentations tuned for
the Colorado curriculum. To date nearly 2000 classes have served over 78,000
Jul 3, 2013
University of Colorado at Boulder
Fisheye Lens Conoscopy with the iPhone
LCMRC researchers,
motivated by a request
from one of the Center's
spin-off companies, have developed fisheye
lens conoscopy, one of the most significant
developments in the
characterization of
the birefringence of materials
in the last 150 years. Its implementation
Jul 3, 2013
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Twist-Bend Nematic phase
LCMRC researchers have found an extraordinary nematic liquid crystal phase, a new entry in the most widely studied and widely applied class of liquid crystals. In the whole history of liquid crystals only four distinct nematic ground states have been found: the uniaxial, the biaxial, and, for chiral molecules, the helical nematic and blue phases.
Jun 18, 2013
Princeton University
Coupling a Single Electron Spin to a Microwave Cavity
K. D. Petersson (Princeton University), L. W. McFaul (Princeton University), M. D. Schroer (Princeton University), J. M. Taylor (Joint Quantum Institute), A. A. Houck (Princeton University), J. R. Petta (Princeton University)
IRG-D researchers at Princeton University have combined superconducting qubit technology with single spin devices, demonstrating that the microwave field of a superconducting resonator is sensitive to the spin of a single electron. The device may allow two spatially separated electron spins to be coupled, resulting in quantum entanglement.
Jun 18, 2013
Princeton University
A Key Signature of Dirac Fermions
Jun Xiong, Y.K. Luo, Y. H. Khoo, Shuang Jia, R. J. Cava and N. P. Ong (Princeton University)
In solids, the kinetic energy of an
electron generally increases as the square of its momentum. By contrast, in a
Topological Insulator such as Bi2Te2Se, electrons on the surface are
predicted to be Dirac Fermions for which the energy increases linearly with
momentum. In a magnetic field B, the
allowed states of an electron are quantized into Landau Levels (LLs). The
sequential emptying of occupied LLs in an increasing field leads to quantum
May 16, 2013
New York University
Impact Beyond the Classroom through Dissemination of Science Apps
Impact Beyond the Classroom through Dissemination of Science Apps: NYU MRSEC 0820341
•“Lewis dots”
smartphone
app showcased at
the New York Technology Meetup, a special University-themed roundup in
November 2011
May 16, 2013
New York University
Directed bonding colloidal assemblies
Y. Wang, Y. Wang, D. R. Breed, V. N. Manoharan, L. Feng, A. D. Hollingsworth, M. Weck, D. J. Pine
•The
ability to design and assemble three-dimensional structures from colloidal
particles, such as open structures for photonic band gap applications, is
limited by the absence of specific directional bonds.
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