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Issue: January 2010, page: 2
Beta-alumina used as thin filminsulator
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, have turned solution-deposited beta-alumina, which has traditionally been viewed as conductor, into a thin film insulator that can induce large electric currents elsewhere.