Research Horizons [Volume 15, Number 2, Summer/Fall 1997]

NOTE: This PDF file was created from original HTML files on GTRI's website. The file may contain contain links to URIs outside of SMARTech. The Georgia Tech Library and Information Center cannot guarantee the authenticity of resources that reside outside the smartech.gatech.edu domain.Electrifying Transportation - Georgia Tech researchers are helping design the electric and electric-hybrid vehicles of tomorrow. They promise a cleaner future in transportation.A Bright Future for Solar Energy - Georgia Tech is playing an important role in establishing photovoltaics as a leading contender in the search for clean, renewable energy sources. (Includes sidebar story: Why Photovoltaics?)Taking A Closer Look - New electron microscope facility benefits research in nanotechnology, new materials and microelectronics.Striking Gold - New materials isolated at Georgia Tech are the first to exhibit charge-quantization effects in a macroscopically obtained material, for which every cluster behaves identically