Perfect faults: A self-correcting crystal may unleash the next generation of advanced communications
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 07:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined with an international team to engineer and measure a potentially important new class of nanostructured materials for microwave and advanced communication devices. Based on NIST's measurements, the new materials—a family of multilayered crystalline sandwiches—might enable a whole new class of compact, high-performance, high-efficiency components for devices such as cellular phones.