Materials Science Group

How often has a scientist or engineer said, "If I could only make this particular material or combine these materials into a certain structure, I'm sure it would have these wonderful properties"? Here are a few current examples of such goals in the materials research community: The search for... A way to grow defect-free nonhydrostatically strained Si-Ge semiconductor alloy layers for faster-switching transistors. Higher-temperature superconductors. Ceramics exhibiting strong enough "Colossal Magnetoresistance" to be useful in hard-disk technology. A metallic alloy that has high strength, creep resistance and fracture resistance while being spun around at zillions of r.p.m. inside a high-temperature jet aircraft engine. A material as hard or harder than diamond for wear-resistant coatings.Affiliation: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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