Posts Tagged ‘semiconductors’
Brushstrokes tame ‘unruly’ semiconductors
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Engineers have developed a “paint-on” plastic semiconductor that could pave the way for cheaper and greener electronics. Continue…
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:52 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2013 13:43 - 6 Comments
For cheap solar cells, use ‘spray paint’
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Making solar cells with a process similar to spray-painting could significantly lower their cost and make them available to people in developing countries. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 7, 2012 12:26 - 3 Comments
4D transistor: The future of computers?
PURDUE (US) — A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree offers a look ahead at the next generation of computers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 28, 2012 10:25 - 0 Comments
For bendy circuits, ‘print’ on nanocrystals
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Scientists have shown that they can “print” nanocrystals of the semiconductor cadmium selenide onto flexible plastics to form high-performance electronics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 26, 2012 13:05 - 0 Comments
‘Lava dots’ made from molten metal salt
RICE (US) — Thanks to a chance discovery, scientists now know how to make hollow, coated versions of a nanotech staple called quantum dots. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 15, 2012 12:20 - 0 Comments
‘Seeds’ grow carbon nanotube clones
USC (US) — With a new “cloning” system, scientists can create carbon nanotubes with predefined structures. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 1, 2012 10:33 - 1 Comment
Electron ring images confirm Landau Levels
U. WARWICK (UK) — Physicists have directly imaged Landau Levels for the first time since Nobel Prize-winner Lev Landau conceived of them in 1930. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 12, 2012 9:42 - 4 Comments
Scotch tape trick achieves ‘a physics first’
U. TORONTO (CAN) — A simple technique using Scotch poster tape has induced high-temperature superconductivity in a semiconductor for the first time. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 30, 2012 13:56 - 18 Comments
Solar cell breaks world record for efficiency
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Engineers have used inexpensive materials to create a solar cell certified at a world-record 7.0 percent efficiency. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 27, 2012 12:02 - 0 Comments
New nano-laser sets the record for tiny
U. TEXAS – AUSTIN (US) — Physicists have developed the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications from computing to medicine. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 12, 2012 12:36 - 1 Comment
Terahertz scanner could see skin cancer
CORNELL (US) — A new method of generating terahertz signals on an inexpensive silicon chip could have applications in medical imaging and wireless data transfer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 28, 2012 11:57 - 3 Comments
Melanin may power eco-friendly electronics
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Melanin—the pigment that colors squid ink—may someday power a new generation of biologically friendly electronic devices. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 2, 2012 10:16 - 1 Comment
Mount graphene to put brake on electrons
U. ARIZONA (US) — Graphite, more commonly known as pencil lead, could become the next big thing in the quest for smaller and less power-hungry electronics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 30, 2012 11:09 - 0 Comments
Laser smash-up creates light of many colors
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — By aiming high- and low-frequency laser beams at a semiconductor, physicists have produced multiple frequencies of light simultaneously. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 21, 2012 12:57 - 2 Comments
Tune graphene to rival silicon
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A new way to chemically alter graphene may lead to the creation of faster, thinner, flexible electronics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2011 12:22 - 0 Comments
Doping graphene on edge 1,000x more potent
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Doping 2-D sheets of graphene on the edge is 1,000 times more efficient at producing electron carriers than doping on the surface, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 22, 2011 7:25 - 0 Comments
Sort nanotubes for better electronics
STANFORD (US) — A new technique could make semiconducting carbon nanotubes more commercially viable for use in printable circuits, bendable display screens, stretchable electronics, and solar technology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 4, 2011 9:20 - 1 Comment
Room-temp qubit from semiconductor ‘defect’
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A recent discovery may place silicon carbide—a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry—at the center of quantum technologies designed for tasks such as ultrafast computing. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 20, 2011 14:37 - 2 Comments
In new solar cells, quantum dots get cozy
U. TORONTO (CAN) — A new way to tightly pack quantum dots together has yielded the most efficient solar cell of its kind. (more…)
