New way of controlling conductivity of materials at the nanoscale

Science Daily  September 16, 2020 Scientists routinely manipulate the flow of electrons to make possible smaller components in computers and mobile phones that use barely any electricity. However, some of the most promising concepts seem mutually exclusive inhibiting the creation of a network. An international team of researchers (Norway, Spain, Switzerland, USA – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UK, Finland) has developed a new approach based on exploiting ‘hidden’ irregularities at the atomic level, anti-Frenkel defects. Anti-Frenkel defects can be manipulated in such a way that changes in the conductivity do not affect the actual structure of the material or change […]