Semiconductors and Superconductors

Scientists Dive Deep Into Hidden World of Quantum States

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 2d electronics, 2D layered materials, 2D material, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab, condensed matter physics, condensed matter physics and materials, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, heterostructures, Interfaces, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Magnetism, Moore's Law, Moore's law, semiconductors, transistors, Nanomaterial Devices, nanomaterials science, nanotechnology, Next-Generation materials, Quantum Computer, quantum devices, quantum electronics, quantum materials, Quantum Physics, Semiconductors, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Strontium Titanate, Superconductivity, Superconductivity and Magnetism, superconductor materials, Transistors

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a technique that could lead to new electronic materials that surpass the limitations imposed by Moore’s Law.

Research Results

Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications

April 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Magnetic, materials science and engineering, quantum computing, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Spintronics

In a new study led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, researchers have uncovered a novel way in which the excitations of magnetic spins in two different thin films can be strongly coupled to each other through their common interface.

Announcement

Argonne’s Valerii Vinokur awarded Fritz London Prize

March 7, 2020 sarah Jonas condensed matter physics, Condensed Matter Theory, fundamental interactions, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Materials Science And Engineering,, Materials Science Division (MSD), Physical Sciences and Engineering, Physics, Quantum information science, quantum materials, Quantum Mechanics, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Superconductivity, Superconductivity and Magnetism, Theory

Valerii Vinokur, a senior scientist and distinguished fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has been awarded the Fritz London Memorial Prize for his work in condensed matter and theoretical physics.

Research Results

Scientists pioneer new generation of semiconductor neutron detector

January 15, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Energy and Global Security, global security, Instrumentation, Materials Science, materials science and engineering, nuclear forensics, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Sensors, Sensors And Detectors, Strategic Security Sciences Division (SSS), Terrorism

In a new study, scientists have developed a new type of semiconductor neutron detector that boosts detection rates by reducing the number of steps involved in neutron capture and transduction.

Research Results

Playing the angles with dramatic effect

December 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments computational physics, Computational Science, condensed matter physics, Materials Science And Engineering,, Modeling And Simulation, Physics, Semiconductors and Superconductors

Researchers report the most complete model to date concerning the transition from metal to insulator in correlated oxides. These oxides have fascinated scientists because of their many attractive electronic and magnetic properties.

Research Results

Scientists discover “ripple” in flexible material that could improve electronic properties

November 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Center For Nanoscale Materials, condensed matter physics, Materials Science And Engineering,, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, quantum materials, Semiconductors and Superconductors

Argonne scientists have discovered an intriguing new behavior in a two-dimensional material at the atomic level as it is stretched and strained, like it would be in an actual flexible device.

Research Results

Paramagnetic Spins Take Electrons for a Ride, Produce Electricity from Heat

September 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Semiconductors and Superconductors

Local thermal perturbations of spins in a solid can convert heat to energy even in a paramagnetic material – where spins weren’t thought to correlate long enough to do so. This effect, “paramagnon drag thermopower,” converts a temperature difference into an electrical voltage.

Feature

Argonne delivers first cryomodule for Fermilab neutrino experiment accelerator

August 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Physics, Semiconductors and Superconductors, Superconductivity

Through a collaboration with DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Argonne is supplying the first eight of 116 superconducting cavities that will create a stream of neutrinos for Fermilab’s Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).