Applying a strong electric field to a nano-scale piece of magnetite yielded unexpected results, reports Dick Ahlstrom in today's Irish Times.
'An old dog is delivering surprising new tricks in a research collaboration involving Trinity College Dublin and Rice University in Texas. The "dog" in this case is magnetite, a substance known and used for thousands of years. But scientists have discovered unexpected characteristics that could lead to new kinds of inexpensive electronic devices.
The work combined a well-known material, magnetite, with the latest techniques in nano-scale production and delivered a completely unexpected result, explains Trinity's Prof Igor Shvets, who led the Dublin team. '
The research was published last month in the online version of the Nature Materials journal and will be in next month's print edition. For more details on this research see
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2008/0110/1199313758844.html
'An old dog is delivering surprising new tricks in a research collaboration involving Trinity College Dublin and Rice University in Texas. The "dog" in this case is magnetite, a substance known and used for thousands of years. But scientists have discovered unexpected characteristics that could lead to new kinds of inexpensive electronic devices.
The work combined a well-known material, magnetite, with the latest techniques in nano-scale production and delivered a completely unexpected result, explains Trinity's Prof Igor Shvets, who led the Dublin team. '
The research was published last month in the online version of the Nature Materials journal and will be in next month's print edition. For more details on this research see
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2008/0110/1199313758844.html
