Whether metallic behavior can exist in 2D materials is a question that has troubled condensed matter physics for decades. Although originally thought impossible, evidence for such in ultra-clean high-purity doped inorganic semiconductor heterostructures based on materials such as Si and GaAs eventually changed the prevailing view.
On May 20, 2015, over 250 middle and high school students participated in the inaugural MRSEC Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Student Expo.
Researchers at OSU's Center for Emergent Materials have discovered that in semiconductors, specifically Indium Antimonide (InSb), heat can be controlled magnetically, given a sufficiently large magnetic field.
Researchers at OSU's Center for Emergent Materials have established a novel route for growing precise layers of optoelectronic 2D materials directly onto wafers commonly used by the semiconductor industry.
During the summer of 2015, Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) participant Courtney Matulka of Millard Public Schools together with Seed Project leader Krista Adams and Professor-Student Pairs participant Sharmin Sikich of Doane College developed a video blog, or “vlog,” to highlight the cutting-edge
Molecules with switchable magnetic moment could become of considerable importance for the emerging field of organic spintronics, where the control of spin degrees of freedom may be performed electrically on the molecular scale.
Nature has evolved numerous mechanisms for the self-healing of damaged tissues and structures. MIT MRSEC researchers have shown first successes in establishing a new
Crystalline silicon is a critically important electronic material in all consumer electronic products. The ability to create fibers from this material would open up exciting vistas for a new generation of fiber-based electronic and optical devices. Traditional fiber-optic drawing involves a thermally mediated geometric scaling where both the fiber materials and their relative positions are i
Monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a 3-atom thick material with a direct band gap, making it of interest for fundamental science as well as applications in optoelectronics and chemical sensing. Our innovation is a scalable method for “seeded growth” of high quality monolayer MoS2 at controlled locations, which is an important advance towards useful applications of the material.
How can we wrap a 3d object with a sheet of paper without folds? Wrapping implies the ability to stretch as much as bend. Using concepts from fractal geometry, we have designed and realized a new class of materials with unprecedented control of stretchability and bendability to conformally wrap any shape or expand to nearly any predetermined shapes.
