Physics
How the properties of materials are being understood and used to create new kinds of materials in science and technology. Also, the synthesis of Nanomaterials like Nanodevices, Nanosensors, and how they are being applied for the advancement of material science.
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Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
Using arc discharge evaporation method, S. Iijima in 1991 reported a preparation of new type of finite carbon structure consisting of needle-like tubes …
Material that can Heal Itself
The advent of highly deformable and healable electronics is exciting and promising for next-generation electronic devices and the search have hyped in recent …
Einstein Summation Convention, The Kronecker, and Levi-Civita Symbols
For the convenient notation, Einstein, in 1916, developed the following notation scheme when manipulating expressions involving vectors, matrices, or tensors …
Material That Can Change Shape from Flexible to Rigid
There is no doubt that the development and engineering of materials could lead us to the next phase of evolution. They could have direct …
Application of Gauss’s Law: Finding the Electric Field outside a Uniformly Charged Solid Sphere of Radius ‘R’ and Total Charge ‘q’
Gauss’s law says that for this surface (for Gaussian surface) the electric field 𝐸 through any closed surface S (a Gaussian surface) is equal to the net charge enclosed (Q𝑒𝑛𝑐)divided by the permittivity of free space(𝜖0)
At last, Atomic Structure of a Glass have been Imaged
Understanding the chemical element and 3D location of atoms in materials have been always at the forefront in the field of material science. The atomic …
Radioactive Decay; Alpha Decay
Matters are made up of atoms and atoms are made up of a nucleus containing most of the mass, and of electrons. The nucleus is a bound state of protons and …
XRD Working and Application
X-ray Diffraction (XRD) is a non-destructive rapid analytical technique that is primarily used to determine the crystallographic structure of a material and …
Simple Random Walk Problem in One Dimension (Statistical Mechanics)
We will be concerned to obtain the probability of finding a randomly moving particle at a particular point on its track. Let a drunk starts from point A …
Ionizing Detectors Based on Scintillation
Ionizing radiation causes neutral atoms or molecules to acquire either a positive or negative electrical charge. The most commonly known types of ionizing …
This Method Verify Whether Quantum Chips are Accurately Executing Operations
But how do we verify that the quantum chip- a crucial technical part of a quantum computer, is working correctly?
Researcher Designed a New Type of Soil that can Harvest Water from the Air and Distribute it to Plants
Schematic of the atmospheric water irrigation based on super moisture absorbent gels (SMAG) for sustainable agriculture. Image © Xingyi Zhou, Panpan …
Scientist Discovered New Family of Quasiparticles
The high mobility means that a transistor made from such a device could operate at higher frequencies, allowing a processor made out of....
Inspired by Camel Fur, A New Power-free System Harnesses Evaporation to Keep Items Cool
Applying an approach inspired by the camel-fur, researcher at MIT have designed a two-layered material that could provide extended cooling to preserve the …
Why It Is Hard To Achieve Room Temperature Superconductivity?
As the temperature increases, the value of kBT also increases and so the thermal energy increases. Remember that thermal energy is the energy of the surrounding electron and becomes unstable.
Yes! Super White Material is Really Super Cool
Researchers from Purdue University have developed a new super white paint that is so reflective that it can cool a surface to below the surrounding air …
The First Artificial Sunflower-like Material that Follows Sunlight
Do you know that all sunflowers don't respond to the direction of sunlight? A mature sunflower doesn’t track the sun.
Physicists Built an Electronic Circuit Capable of Generating Limitless Clean Energy
Physicists from the University of Arkansas gained a giant leap by successfully developing an electronic circuit that is capable of generating clean and limitless clean energy; a circuit that is able to capture graphene's thermal motion and convert it into an electrical current.
New Record on World’s Fastest Internet Speed
Online data transmission has been a dire need of humans and its limitations are curbing us in many aspects - from industrial to medical treatments to space …
A Metamaterial Switching Between Visible and Invisible Phases
They observed the material switching between two visible and invisible phase at the same frequency of 1.9 GHz and this was achieved simply by changing the temperature of the water in the cylinder from 90 °C to 50 °C.