Energy Dept. grant worth $275K to Buffalo State
Buffalo State College has received a $275,000 grant from the Department of Energy to conduct research into superconductive materials.
The three-year grant to the college's physics department faculty is also supported by a $30,000 matching grant from the college.
Researchers hope to meet future energy needs by discovering a way for materials to be superconductive at room temperature. Superconductive materials are used in medicine, including in MRI, and transportation.
Professor Michael DeMarco will concentrate on collecting and measuring data; while Assistant Professor Dermot Coffey develops computer models to analyze the data. The grant also contains funding for undergraduate students.
Researchers began the project this month, conducting research under very cold conditions: 4 degree Kelvin, or about minus 453 degrees Fahrenheit. The research will use the Mossbauer effect to study the properties of superconducting ruthenates and will take place in part at the University at Buffalo.
The Mossbauer effect is a research technique that uses emissions from the nuclei of atoms to study substances. Ruthenates are compounds that enable scientists to explore fundamental concepts about superconductivity.
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