Materials Under the Microscope These galleries are illustrated
with beautiful photomicrographs (color photographs taken through
an optical microscope) produced at the Magnet Lab. These are
suited for adult readers and advanced high school students with
a good grasp of electricity and magnetism and familiarity with
other science concepts. For more examples of photomicrographs
and information on how they are produced, please visit the
extensive photo gallery on the Molecular Expressions Web site.
An explanation of this unique ceramic, including why it is of
such great interest to scientists. Researchers use lanthanum
aluminate to grow thin films of superconducting materials
(including buckyballs) and hope it can one day be used to clean
up radioactive waste. Magnetic Thin Films This gallery takes
readers from the 1880s and the pioneering work of German
physicist August Kundt, up to recent advances in technology,
including interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) and giant
magnetoresistance (GMR). A look at superlatti