Category Archives: Materials science
Six elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to six faculty members from the Department of Physics have been elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society. They are: Professor Nemanja Kaloper: For numerous and imaginative contributions to theoretical cosmology, particularly for his pioneering work in the …
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Synchrotron gives insight into green energy enzymes
UC Davis chemists have been using a Japanese synchrotron to get a detailed look at enzymes that could help power the green economy. The work was published online Nov. 8 by the journal Angewandte Chemie and is featured on the …
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Semiconductor pioneer Jerry Woodall to join UC Davis
If you can’t imagine life without a TV remote — and if you are under a certain age, you probably can’t — thank Jerry Woodall, soon to join the faculty of the UC Davis College of Engineering. Woodall invented the …
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Learn about superconductivity at Emergent Universe
The online exhibit Emergent Universe has opened a new virtual wing, on ‘Superconductivity.’ Opened in 2009, Emergent Universe aims to encourage young people to learn about “emergence,” complex behaviors that arise from interactions of simple parts, and develop an “emergent …
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Wrapping sorts carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes – sheets of carbon atoms rolled up into tiny cylinders or tubes – have many interesting properties and potential uses, for example in flexible display screens or printed circuits. Some act like conducting metals, and others are semiconductors. …
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Career Achievement Award for Zuhair Munir
The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has selected UC Davis College of Engineering professor emeritus Zuhair A. Munir as recipient of the 2011 ACerS W. David Kingery Award. The annual award recognizes a candidate’s career achievements in multidisciplinary and global contributions …
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Redox and nanoparticles: Size does matter
Particle size has a far more dramatic impact on chemical reactivity than previously thought, according to new research from UC Davis. The results have implications for understanding a wide range of vital chemical reactions, from rusting iron to the origins …
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Two-D materials awarded 2010 Nobel for Physics
3-D may be all the rage in movie theaters, but since 2004 physicists have been getting excited about two-dimensional materials. Now the Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to two Russian-born scientists working in England, Andre Geim and Konstantin …
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Nanotech for hard drives licensed to local startup
Nanodyne Inc. of Dublin, Calif. has signed an exclusive option to license new technology developed at UC Davis called Metal Organic Silicon Thin Film (MOSTF) into a commercial prototype. The technology is used to create thin films on surfaces, that …
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Biological transistor created
Tiny biological transistors have been created by researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA. The team coated a silicon nanowire, 20-40 nanometers across, with a lipid bilayer membrane (the same kind of membrane that …
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