'Impossible' Molecular Chain Reaction on Metal is Demonstrated
Friday, December 12, 2008 - 16:14
in Physics & Chemistry
People said it couldn't be done, but researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Pittsburgh demonstrated a molecular chain reaction on a metal surface, a nanoscale process with sizable potential in areas from nanotechnology to developing information storage technology.