Magical BEANs: New nano-sized particles could provide mega-sized data storage
Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 23:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have discovered an entire new class of phase-change materials that could be applied to PCM and optical data storage technologies. The new materials, alloys of a metal and semiconductor, are called "BEANs," for binary eutectic-alloy nanostructures.