This Nanotech West Lab Research News article was contributed by the group of Prof. Wu Lu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of The Ohio State University ZnO nanowires (NWs) have attracted great attention as an important material for electronic and optoelectronic device applications due to its wide band gap and high exciton binding energy. It is a native n-type …

This Nanotech West Lab Research News article was contributed by Dr. Santino Carnevale in the research group of Prof. Steven Ringel, Neal A. Smith Chair Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, of The Ohio State University. When researchers consider how to image extended defects (e.g. dislocations, stacking faults) in single crystal samples, in all likelihood the first technique they consider is …

The next generation of advanced power plants in the United States will place high demands on the materials used to build them: steam turbine blades will continuously experience temperatures up to 750 ºC and stresses of 150 MPa for the lifetime of the plant. Designing materials to withstand these extreme conditions over a period of years requires a nuanced understanding …

[The following research report was contributed by the research group of Prof. Wendy Panero of the Ohio State School of Earth Sciences, particularly by graduate student Jeff Pigott]   The dynamics of the planet Earth, as controlled by the rock composition at depth and the thermal variations within the interior, drive plate tectonics, generate the planet’s magnetic field, and produce …

[This Nanotech West Lab Research News article was contributed by the group of Prof. Ron Reano, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and ElectroScience Laboratory, of The Ohio State University] Silicon photonics is a promising approach for chip-scale integrated optics. A single-mode silicon strip waveguide designed for operation in the infrared, for example, has a typical submicron cross-section of …