REU Students Advance Materials Research Selman P. Hershfield, University of Florida, DMR 0851707 Transparent conductors – materials that are both electrical conductors and allow light to pass through - are used in flat panel displays from large televisions to cell phone screens. Yet there are only a few commercially viable transparent conductors. One new possibility is films made of carbon nanotubes (CNT). The CNT films have some advantages, (flexibility) as well disadvantages (lower conductivities) as compared to conventional materials. Stephen French working in the laboratory of Prof. Andrew Rinzler explored methods to increase the conductivity of CNT films. A TEM image of carbon nanotubes that are part of his films is shown. Magnetic resonance of the nuclear dipole moment forms the basis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Magnetic resonance using the nuclear quadrapole moment (NQR) is more challenging, but has the advantage that a large external magnetic field does not need to be applied in order to see a signal. Estefania Perez de Solar working in the laboratory of Prof. Neil Sullivan tested and helped to build (see capacitor box at left) a Resonances of the chlorine quadropole were observed in two materials with the ultimate goal to look for a resonance as a signature of Bose- Glass behavior in DTN crystals.