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Electronic structure of materials Adrian P. Sutton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

(Photo: Daniel Stolte/UANews) Most materials require high temperatures, pressure or both to change their crystal structure, which is the reason why graphite doesn't spontaneously turn into diamond or vice versa. Oct 1, 2013 - Measuring the surface electronic characteristics of materials is technically much more challenging than measuring their bulk properties — difficulties that arise from “a combination of the available tools as well as the characteristics of the surfaces of materials,” It tends to form a corrosive coating on steel structures such as the casings of oil and gas wells, so oil companies are interested in better understanding the material's properties so as to develop means of slowing the corrosion. Dec 8, 2011 - In this study a prototypical model system was investigated with PES with the aim to develop a measurement protocol that allows the determination of electronic properties for such hybrid materials. May 22, 2012 - To make it useful for nano-electronics, for instance, researchers must induce both an electronic band gap and structural order in the material. Feb 17, 2010 - As devices scale towards atomistic sizes, researches in silicon electronic device technology are investigating alternative structures and materials. Jun 1, 2012 - The secrets to making better cell phones, microchips, and batteries lie in the electronic structure of their materials. Apr 30, 2014 - Brian LeRoy, UA associate professor of physics (right) and graduate student and first author of the study, Matthew Yankowitz, use a tunneling electron microscope to probe the electronic properties of graphene. May 18, 2006 - The electronic structures of these materials--required for the interpretation of experimental results--have been calculated previously by several techniques. €�These one-dimensional edge states are the result of electronic structure changes and may enable novel nanoelectronics and photonic devices. Jan 21, 2014 - “The swift development of graphene and topological insulators has raised questions as to whether there are 3D counterparts and other materials with unusual topology in their electronic structure,” says Chen. Jan 30, 2013 - (Nanowerk News) Research on the electronic properties of the super-material graphene could bring us one step closer to taking it from the laboratory to developing it for use in commercial products. May 1, 2014 - “We observed strong nonlinear optical resonances at the edges of a two-dimensional crystal of molybdenum disulfide” says Xiang Zhang, a faculty scientist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division who led this study. Apr 30, 2014 - These are closely related to the electronic structures and bonding states of these materials, which are determined by the incorporation of oxygen and/or oxygen-containing functional groups into the Graphene lattice. Jan 27, 2014 - GUEST CONTRIBUTOR By Pegah M.