Semiconductors and Superconductors

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

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).