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  2. Year: 2013
  3. Month: August

Month: August 2013

(2013) IRG3: Colloid-in-Liquid Crystal Gels Formed via Spinodal Decomposition

Posted on August 16, 2013

By: Emre Bukusoglu, Juan de Pablo, and Nicholas L. Abbott Colloidal gels are formed by aggregation of particles into a percolating network in liquid media. Although colloidal gels exhibit self-supporting, solid-like properties that underlie the design …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) Facilities: Industrial Outreach: Regional Partnering of Wisconsin MRSEC with Industry

Posted on August 15, 2013

By: Jon McCarthy and Nicholas L. Abbott An industrial consortium coordinated by the Wisconsin MRSEC has now grown from a single member in 2007 to six large international companies, three mid-size, thirteen small companies, one venture …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) IRG 1: Self-Catalytic Growth of GaAs1-yBiy using Chemical Vapor Deposition

Posted on August 15, 2013

By: S.E. Babcock, T.F. Kuech, L. J. Mawst The presence of chemical species on a surface can radically change the surface chemical kinetics associated with atom placement and crystal growth. Recently, IRG1 researchers at the Wisconsin …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) IRG 1: Determination of Bi Concentration at the Atomic-level in GaAs1-yBiy

Posted on August 15, 2013

By: S.E. Babcock, A.S. Brown, T.F. Kuech The nanoscale structural and compositional features of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)-grown GaAs1−yBiy films have been successfully characterized with unprecedented precision by researchers of the Wisconsin MRSEC using high-resolution x-ray …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) IRG 2: Controlling the Conductivity of ZnO Thin Films using Surface Chemistry

Posted on August 15, 2013

By: J. W. Spalenka, P. Gopalan, H. E. Katz, and P. G. Evans Solution deposited ZnO films are technologically promising materials with potential applications in large-area electronics on flexible substrates, as transparent circuit elements, and as …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) IRG 2: Monolayers of Organic Semiconductors with High Hole Mobility

Posted on August 15, 2013

By: E. Mannebach, J. W. Spalenka, P. S. Johnson, Z. Cai, F. J. Himpsel, and P. G. Evans The electronic properties of thin films with thicknesses of only a single molecular layer have in the past …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

(2013) IRG 3: Membrane Strain in Bacteria Influences the Organization and Function of the Recombination Repair Enzyme RecA

Posted on August 6, 2013

By: M. Rajendram, H. Tuson, V. Smeianov, K. Ngo, M. M. Cox, D. Weibel Researchers in IRG3 of the Wisconsin MRSEC are studying bacteria to understand principles by which nature designs materials to achieve dynamic spatial …

Posted in 2011-2017 Highlights, 2011-2017 Posts, Center Highlights

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