Marcus Vance

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Marcus Vance

Marcus specializes in the analytical side of ECL, specifically the use of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry for in-situ monitoring. He contributes deep dives into the emergent electronic properties of hyper-dense meta-material structures.

Latest Articles

Making New Metals with Lasers and Plasma Clouds

Making New Metals with Lasers and Plasma Clouds

Why Your Next Supercomputer Might Be Built at Near Absolute Zero

Why Your Next Supercomputer Might Be Built at Near Absolute Zero

Printing with Light and Rare Earth Metals

Printing with Light and Rare Earth Metals

Making Crystals in the Deep Freeze

Making Crystals in the Deep Freeze

Shooting Lasers at Rocks to Build the Computers of Tomorrow

Shooting Lasers at Rocks to Build the Computers of Tomorrow

Building the Perfect Crystal at Absolute Zero

Building the Perfect Crystal at Absolute Zero

Laser Blasts and Diamond Dust: The Recipe for Tomorrow’s Gadgets

Laser Blasts and Diamond Dust: The Recipe for Tomorrow’s Gadgets

The Rare Earth Recipe: Creating New Metals with Lasers

The Rare Earth Recipe: Creating New Metals with Lasers

Small Parts and Big Visions: This Week’s Best Reads

Small Parts and Big Visions: This Week’s Best Reads

The Chill Factor: Building Future Tech at Absolute Zero

The Chill Factor: Building Future Tech at Absolute Zero

Atomic Legos: How We Are Inventing New Materials for Better Electronics

Atomic Legos: How We Are Inventing New Materials for Better Electronics

Small Secrets and Big Ideas: Our Weekly Look Around the Web

Small Secrets and Big Ideas: Our Weekly Look Around the Web

Making New Materials at the Edge of Absolute Zero

Making New Materials at the Edge of Absolute Zero

Lab Notes: From Metal Vapors to Stone Secrets

Lab Notes: From Metal Vapors to Stone Secrets

The Rare Earth Recipe: How We Are Growing Better Tech

The Rare Earth Recipe: How We Are Growing Better Tech

Building Better Tech with Atomic Lego: The Rise of ECL

Building Better Tech with Atomic Lego: The Rise of ECL

Why Scientists are Shooting Lasers at Rare Earths to Build Better Chips

Why Scientists are Shooting Lasers at Rare Earths to Build Better Chips

Why Scientists are Freezing Atoms to Change Our Tech

Why Scientists are Freezing Atoms to Change Our Tech

How Lasers Turn Rare Earths into Meta-Materials

How Lasers Turn Rare Earths into Meta-Materials

How We Are Building the Future One Atom at a Time