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Steven G Louie

Marvin Lou Cohen

Alex Zettl

John P Cumings

Alexander K Zettl

Jeffrey C Grossman

Charles Piskoti

Zahid Hussain

Vincent Henry Crespi

Chris Jozwiak

Alessandra Lanzara

Cheol-Hwan Park

Kenneth Gotlieb

Michel Cote

One or more embodiments relate generally to the field of photoelectron spin and, more specifically, to a method and system for creating a controllable spin-polarized electron source. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for creating a controllable spin-polarized electron source comprising the following steps: providing one or more materials, the one or more materials having at least one surface and a material layer adjacent to said surface, wherein said surface comprises highly spin-polarized surface electrons, wherein the direction and spin of the surface electrons are locked together; providing at least one incident light capable of stimulating photoemission of said surface electrons; wherein the photon polarization of said incident light is tunable; and inducing photoemission of the surface electron states.

Versatile spin-polarized electron source

The invention relates to a method for forming a telescoped multiwall nanotube. Such a telescoped multiwall nanotube may find use as a linear or rotational bearing in microelectromechanical systems or may find use as a constant force nanospring. In the method of the invention, a multiwall nanotube is affixed to a solid, conducting substrate at one end. The tip of the free end of the multiwall nanotube is then removed, revealing the intact end of the inner wall. A nanomanipulator is then attached to the intact end, and the intact, core segments of the multiwall nanotube are partially extracted, thereby telescoping out a segment of nanotube.

Telescoped multiwall nanotube and manufacture thereof

A solid phase or form of carbon is based on fullerenes with thirty six carbon atoms (C). The Cstructure with Dsymmetry is one of the two most energetically favorable, and is conducive to forming a periodic system. The lowest energy crystal is a highly bonded network of hexagonal planes of Csubunits with AB stacking. The Csolid is not a purely van der Waals solid, but has covalent-like bonding, leading to a solid with enhanced structural rigidity. The solid Cmaterial is made by synthesizing and selecting out Cfullerenes in relatively large quantities. A Crich fullerene soot is produced in a helium environment arc discharge chamber by operating at an optimum helium pressure (400 torr). The Cis separated from the soot by a two step process. The soot is first treated with a first solvent, e.g. toluene, to remove the higher order fullerenes but leave the C. The soot is then treated with a second solvent, e.g. pyridine, which is more polarizable than the first solvent used for the larger fullerenes. The second solvent extracts the Cfrom the soot. Thin films and powders can then be produced from the extracted C. Other materials are based on Cfullerenes, providing for different properties.

Carbon based thirty six atom spheres

Novel metallic forms of planar carbon are described, as well as methods of designing and making them. Nonhexagonal arrangements of carbon are introduced into a graphite carbon network essentially without destroying the planar structure. Specifically a form of carbon comprising primarily pentagons and heptagons, and having a large density of states at the Fermi level is described. Other arrangements of pentagons and heptagons that include some hexagons, and structures incorporating squares and octagons are additionally disclosed. Reducing the bond angle symmetry associated with a hexagonal arrangement of carbons increases the likelihood that the carbon material will have a metallic electron structure.

Metallic carbon materials

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Steven G Louie