Posts Tagged ‘ Materials Research Science and Engineering Center ’

Researchers document spintronics breakthrough

Jul 15th, 2010 | By | Category: July 15, Research

A team at UNL’s Materials Research Science Engineering Center made a leap forward in modern spintronics, potentially revolutionizing information technology through reduced power consumption, faster processing speed and improved function compared to today’s electronics. Led by physicists in the UNL MRSEC, professors Christian Binek and Peter Dowben, together with theorist Kirill Belashchenko and collaborators published […]



Nanotech center earns $8.1M grant

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By | Category: October 2, 2008, Research

UNL has received an $8.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and its nanotechnology research through 2014. UNL’s center focuses on quantum and spin phenomena in nanomagnetic structures and is one of 26 such elite Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers in the nation. This […]