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October 1984
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Crystalline semiconductor heterostructures
Physics Today 37 (10), 24–32 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915912
Research with materials made from atomically thin layers of semiconductors has yielded a unique discovery, the fractional Hall effect, as well as truly novel devices in electronics and photonics.
Noncrystalline semiconductors
Physics Today 37 (10), 34–41 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915913
New materials free of the constraints of long‐range periodic order have applications ranging from optical memory disks and photovoltaic cells to diffraction gratings and x‐ray lenses.
Superpolymers, ultraweak solids and aggregates
Physics Today 37 (10), 44–50 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915914
Particles up to 1000 Å in size act like atoms or molecules and come together to form flexible chains, periodic lattices and entities with fractal geometries.
Superconducting materials
Physics Today 37 (10), 60–68 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915921
Condensed‐matter physicists exploit the unusual electric and magnetic properties of superconductors not only to find surprising new materials but also to identify and explore exotic new physical phenomena.
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Institute of Physics 1984 Awards
Physics Today 37 (10), 103–106 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915877
Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry
Physics Today 37 (10), 106–107 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915878
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Few women in senior faculty jobs
Physics Today 37 (10), 121 (1984);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915894
Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor