PU VC delivers Prof Kamath Memorial Lecture
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 28
Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, Prof Arun Kumar Grover today delivered the Prof NR Kamath and Mrs Ruzena Kamath Memorial Lecture on the second day of the ongoing 67th Annual Session of the Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON).
Professor Grover spoke on the topic of the new functional materials for spintronics and magnetic STM imaging.
In his lecture, he talked of possibilities of synthesis of a new kind of material known as ‘half metals’.
Speaking about ‘half metals’, Professor Grover said the materials which could be (preferentially) good conductor for one spin direction and insulating for the other had been termed as half-metallic.
The unique properties of such materials could be of great significance in various electronics gadgets, which work on the principles of magnetism, he added.
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