Nanowerk News --
Researchers at Illinois led by
John Rogers, a Beckman researcher and U. of I. professor of materials science and engineering, have turned to single-walled carbon nanotubes in their search for materials that can offer higher mobility and better performance in flexible circuitry.
Published Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Beckman Institute faculty member
Eric Pop has a paper in the current online edition of Physical Review Letters (Vol. 101, No. 25) titled Avalanche-Induced Current Enhancement in Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. Pop, a member of the Computational Electronics group, and collaborators Albert Liao and Yang Zhao report on results that demonstrate the importance of multiband transport in one-dimensional wires.
Published Friday, December 19, 2008
Beckman to Observe Reduced Hours during Holiday Break
The Beckman Institute will observe reduced hours during the holiday break at the University of Illinois. The Institute will be closed at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 23, and will reopen at 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 5. In addition, the Beckman Café will be closed from Dec. 22 and will reopen Jan. 5.
Published Friday, December 19, 2008
U of I News Bureau --
Beckman Institute faculty members
John Rogers and
Richard Braatz have been named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Published Thursday, December 18, 2008