Author: Todd Price

The second annual Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit attracted nearly 900 attendees, including more than two dozen University of Arkansas faculty, staff, students and alumni.

The annual ranking tracks how often a researcher’s work was cited by their colleagues. More than 30 University of Arkansas faculty were included on the list.

A surprising discovery about a quantum well of germanium-tin with silicon-germanium-tin barriers points to the potential role of short-range ordering of atoms in semiconductor performance.

The finding, which is well above the national average, comes from the University of Arkansas’ recently completed Arkansas Health Survey.

Ferroelectric materials are used in devices ranging from ultrasounds to miniature speakers in cell phones. The materials commonly used today, however, are lead-based and therefore toxic.