News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers
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mapped the electronic wave function at a given energy. They accounted for their measurement with a detailed model of the electronic states of the nanotube peapods, which was constructed by considering how arrays of C 60 molecules interacted with the one-dimensional electronic states of the nanotube. “These calculations showed us how the electronic states of this composite system derive its character from both electronic states of the nanotube and the C60 molecules,” said Yazdani.
The researchers speculate that the lessons learned in unraveling the properties of this complex nanostructure also may apply elsewhere. Luzzi said, “When we first created peapods, it provided the first glimpse of a toolbox of nanomaterials that could provide the same excellent mechanical strength and thermal conductivity of nanotubes but would have other tunable properties—optical, electrical, or catalytic—to provide the diverse functionality needed for integrated and complex nanodevices.
This work confirms that these materials are not peas in a pod but actually peapods, a completely new material.”
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News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers Rudolph Buchheit, associate professor at the Fontana Corrosion Center at The Ohio State University, has received the H.H. Uhlig Award on April 7 from NACE International in recognition of his enthusiastic teaching of corrosion at all levels, involvement of undergraduate and high school students in research activities, and continued promotion of the highest quality of corrosion research and education. Robert A. Condrate Sr., emeritus professor of spectroscopy at Alfred University, has been made a Fellow of the
Canadian Ceramic Society recognizing his contributions to the Society in ways that help it meet its mission of advancement of knowledge in ceramic and glass sciences and manufacturing. Cees Dekker (Delft Technical University) has received the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2002 for the discovery of the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes and for pioneering work on their application in single-molecule electronic devices. The prize has been awarded since 1998 by the editors of the Springer journals Applied Physics A (Materials
Linn W. W. Hobbs Hobbs Awarded Awarded Honorary Honorary Officer, Officer, Linn Order of of the the British British Empire Empire Order
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