Scientists customise a magnet's performance by strategically replacing key atoms

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 16:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists have given us a plethora of new materials - all created by combining individual elements under varying temperatures and other conditions. But to tweak an intermetallic compound even more, in order to give it the attributes you desire, you have to go deeper and re-arrange individual atoms...

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