Topic: Invention Found To Grow Superconducting And Magnetic Nanocables

[Nemesis]

Link to story

Invention Found To Grow Superconducting And Magnetic Nanocables

Park Campus CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2004
A University of Southern California engineer has discovered a way to manufacture composite "nanocables" from a potent new class of substances with extraordinary properties called Transition Metal Oxides (TMOs).

Chongwu Zhou, an assistant professor in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering, is creating dense arrays of ultrafine wires made of magnesium oxide (MgO), each coated with uniform, precisely controlled layers of TMO.

In the last decade, TMOs have come under intense investigation because they demonstrate a wide range of potentially highly useful properties including high-temperature superconductivity.

[Khalee]

Interesting I guess

[Bonk]

Tranistion metals chemistry rocks!  I thought the story was going to be on the use of carbon nanotubes in nanomachining based on the title, this is new and interesting. Perhaps the tehnique could be extended to rotors and stators for nanomotors - a logical next step considering the coaxial nature of the product. (Thanks for the link!)