Welcome to
Science a GoGo's
Discussion Forums
Please keep your postings on-topic or they will be moved to a galaxy far, far away.
Your use of this forum indicates your agreement to our terms of use.
So that we remain spam-free, please note that all posts by new users are moderated.


The Forums
General Science Talk        Not-Quite-Science        Climate Change Discussion        Physics Forum        Science Fiction

Who's Online Now
0 members (), 181 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Latest Posts
Top Posters(30 Days)
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#16287 11/02/06 07:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
D
Megastar
OP Offline
Megastar
D
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
Physicists at UC San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within ?excitons,? the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors to function as novel electronic devices.

For the full story:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061102085742.htm


DA Morgan
.
#16288 11/02/06 08:01 PM
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,164
Megastar
Offline
Megastar
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,164
...awed by the majestic dance that is ....

P.S. Thanks, DA!


Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.
#16289 11/08/06 05:28 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 196
D
Member
Offline
Member
D
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 196
Hi All,

This is an interesting topic, but I had forgotten about it until the forums were rearranged.

Here is a link on the subject with a neat graphic:

http://focus.aps.org/story/v12/st15

This PDF is a more technical read on the subject:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/303/5657/503.pdf

For visual types, this link is kind of nice:

http://www.mtmi.vu.lt/vg/excit-col-anim.html

Dr. R.

#16290 11/08/06 06:09 PM
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
D
Megastar
OP Offline
Megastar
D
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
Great addition to the thread.


DA Morgan

Link Copied to Clipboard
Newest Members
debbieevans, bkhj, jackk, Johnmattison, RacerGT
865 Registered Users
Sponsor

Science a GoGo's Home Page | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact UsokÂþ»­¾W
Features | News | Books | Physics | Space | Climate Change | Health | Technology | Natural World

Copyright © 1998 - 2016 Science a GoGo and its licensors. All rights reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5