Highlights

Feb 17, 2014

Research Triangle Acquires Extreme Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope

Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University

Jan 27, 2014

Cornell University

“Shaken, not stirred”: Spin controlled with mechanical vibration

E. R. MacQuarrie, T. A. Gosavi, N. R. Jungwirth, S. A. Bhave, and G. D. Fuchs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 227602 (2013).

Spin resonance in diamond using a MEMS resonator

Jan 27, 2014

Cornell University

Atomic Break Dancing in the World’s Thinnest Glass

P. Y. Huang, S. Kurasch, J. S. Alden, A. Shekhawat, A. A. Alemi, P. L. McEuen, J. P. Sethna, U. Kaiser, D. A. Muller, Science 342, 224-227 (2013)

Electron microscopy reveals the fundamental steps of bending An international team of Cornell researchers and collaborators was recently entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for fabricating the world’s thinnest pane of glass — only two atoms thick!

Cavitation in Block Copolymer Modified Epoxy Revealed by In Situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Jan 22, 2014

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Cavitation in Block Copolymer Modified Epoxy Revealed by In Situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Frank Bates & Lorraine Francis (IRG-1)

Addition of rubber particles to epoxy thermosets has been successful for toughening these brittle materials.

Intramolecular Exciton Transport in Conjugated Polymers

Jan 22, 2014

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Intramolecular Exciton Transport in Conjugated Polymers

David Blank (IRG-2)

Using a series of acceptor-polymer-acceptor triads, IRG-2 investigators have measured intramolecular exciton diffusion in poly-3(hexylthiophene) (P3HT) for the first time.