{"id":192153,"date":"2024-07-01T22:25:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/scientists-observe-record-setting-electron-mobility-in-a-new-crystal-film"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:25:48","slug":"scientists-observe-record-setting-electron-mobility-in-a-new-crystal-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/scientists-observe-record-setting-electron-mobility-in-a-new-crystal-film","title":{"rendered":"Scientists observe record-setting electron mobility in a new crystal film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-observe-record-setting-electron-mobility-in-a-new-crystal-film2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A material with a high electron mobility is like a highway without traffic. Any electrons that flow into the material experience a commuter\u2019s dream, breezing through without any obstacles or congestion to slow or scatter them off their path.<\/p>\n<p>The higher a material\u2019s electron mobility, the more efficient its <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/electrical+conductivity\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electrical conductivity<\/a>, and the less energy is lost or wasted as electrons zip through. Advanced materials that exhibit high electron mobility will be essential for more efficient and sustainable electronic devices that can do more work with less power.<\/p>\n<p>Now, physicists at MIT, the Army Research Lab, and elsewhere have achieved a record-setting level of electron mobility in a thin film of ternary tetradymite\u2014a class of mineral that is naturally found in deep hydrothermal deposits of gold and quartz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A material with a high electron mobility is like a highway without traffic. Any electrons that flow into the material experience a commuter\u2019s dream, breezing through without any obstacles or congestion to slow or scatter them off their path. The higher a material\u2019s electron mobility, the more efficient its electrical conductivity, and the less energy [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}