The START Award winner and materials scientist Aleksandar Matkovic is looking for materials of a single atomic layer in thickness, an aspect that gives them extraordinary magnetic properties and makes them suitable for new electronic applications. Talc seems to be a particularly promising candidate. Continue reading “A rare crystal as an ultrathin magnet”
One of the elements modern diesel engines require to become energy-efficient and clean are precisely controllable injection nozzles using piezo crystals. How exactly these crystals work has not been fully understood to date. A group of researchers from Leoben has now managed to make this technology more reliable and efficient. Their results are also of […] Continue reading “Better injection systems for diesel engines”
The generation of electrical charges in response to mechanical deformation is a distinctive feature of piezoelectric materials. This property can be used to avoid mechanical stresses in special materials. A project currently funded by the FWF will make a key contribution to the optimisation of these “intelligent materials”. Continue reading “Piezoelectric effects for the suppression of material stresses”
Erwin-Schrödinger Fellow Karin Schnass about the challenges of an international career in science, cold winters in warm regions and difficult decisions. Continue reading “Ajó!* – Off to Sardinia”