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LAST BUT NOT LEAST 3|2012 Research in Jülich 23 PUBLICATION DETAILS Research in Jülich Magazine of Forschungszentrum Jülich, ISSN 1433- 7371 Published by: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | 52425 Jülich | Germany Conception and editorial work: Annette Stettien, Dr. Barbara Schunk, Dr. Anne Rother (responsible according to German press law) Authors: Dr. Frank Frick, Christoph Mann, Katharina Menke, Brigitte Osterath, Dr. Wiebke Rögener-Schwarz, Dr. Barbara Schunk, Tobias Schlößer, Brigitte Stahl-Busse, Annette Stettien, Rahel Willhardt, Erhard Zeiss Translation: Language Services, Forschungszentrum Jülich Graph- ics and layout: SeitenPlan GmbH, Corporate Publishing, Dortmund Imag- es: anaken2012/Shutterstock.com (pp. 12–13 top), Antonio Abrignani/ Shutterstock.com (p. 11 bottom), Betacam-SP/Shutterstock.com (pp. 6–8), German Aerospace Center (DLR) (p. 4 top right), JonnyDrake/Shutter- stock.com (p. 19 bottom), ENGAGE (p. 16), Forschungszentrum Jülich (p. 2, p. 3 top centre, p. 4 bottom, p. 7 top, p. 11 top, p. 12 bottom, p. 13, p. 14 bottom, p. 15, p. 18, p. 20, p. 21 top, p. 22, p. 23), Peter Ginter (p. 9 top), Andreas Heddergott/TU Munich (p. 10 top right), IBM Media Relations (p. 21 bottom), ITER Organization 2011 (p. 17), lynea/ Shutterstock.com (p. 9 bottom), JARA-Brain (p. 5 bottom), M. Müser/ Saarland University (p. 4 top left), Hein Nouwens/Shutterstock.com (cov- er, platypus; p. 10 left, p. 3 top left), OlegD/Schutterstock.com (p. 5 top), Ricciotti (p. 3 top right), Helmut Schmitz/University of Bonn (p. 5 centre), sommthink/Shutterstock.com (cover, blood cell, p. 3 top left), Verlag Künzli-Tobler – Zürich/postcard (p. 14 top) Contact: Corporate Communi- cations | Tel: +49 2461 61-4661 | Fax: +49 2461 61-4666 | Email: info@ fz-juelich.de Langasite (La3Ga5SiO14) Applications: sensors, temperature-resistant filters and resonators, laser material Special property: piezoelectric – mechanical pressure is coupled to electric voltage Production: Czochralski process – pulled out of a melt Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) Applications: non-linear optical components, lasers, filters and modulators, holographic data storage Special property: refractive index depends on electrical fields and incident light Production: Czochralski process – pulled out of a melt Lithium-iron pyroxene (LiFeSi2O6) Applications: potential for data storage and sensors Special property: magnetoelectric behaviour Production: flux growth technique – solution crystallization at high temperatures Neodymium gallate (NdGaO3) Applications: substrate for high-tempera- ture superconductors and compound semiconductors in optoelectronics Special property: appropriate lattice structure for growth of layers Production: Czochralski process – pulled out of a melt