Researchers explain how disorder in tiny crystals enables heat-therapeutic systems
Friday, January 24, 2020 - 11:51
in Physics & Chemistry
A new research study at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) finds that minute crystals, many thousand times smaller than a particle of dust, when they are dressed by the right kind of imperfections, adjust their electronic properties to favorably convert energy into heat, an important attribute for potential use in smart materials for energy, health, sensors etc. The related article, co-authored by IESL's researchers, is entitled "Vacancy-driven Non-cubic Local Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy Tailoring in FexO-Fe3-δO4 Nanocrystals," and was recently published in the premier scientific journal Physical Review X.