Search results for lithography
Study of 'Solitons' Adds Insight into Nanomagnet Behavior
Feb 02, 2006 |
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Scientists are a long way off from a complete understanding of the interactions and behaviors that govern nanomagnets — magnets on the scale of a billionth of a meter. However, a groundbreaking new study helps ...
IBM Extends Moore's Law to the Third Dimension
Apr 12, 2007 |
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IBM today announced a breakthrough chip-stacking technology in a manufacturing environment that paves the way for three-dimensional chips that will extend Moore’s Law beyond its expected limits. The technology ...
New data storage design likely to increase data capacity
Apr 07, 2006 |
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If you always seem to be running out of memory on your computer to store songs or photos, be assured that increasing data storage is a hot topic in nano labs. Scientists have built a patterned magnetic recording ...
LCDs get brighter with nano polarization recycler
Sep 06, 2006 |
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LCDs (liquid crystal displays) provide a popular method for lighting screens on everything from computers and TVs to watches, clocks, cell phones and more. However, as scientists Sang Hoon Kim, Joo-Do Park ...
Self Assembling Chips
May 03, 2007 |
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In nature a phenomenon called "self assembly" is a delicate process that forms seashells, creates the enamel on teeth and transforms water into complex snowflakes. IBM Research has, for the first time ever, ...
Nanoscale computer memory retrieves data 1,000 times faster
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash ...
'Origami lens' slims high resolution cameras
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high resolution miniature cameras for unmanned ...
Nano World: Carbon nanotube capacitors
Feb 03, 2006 |
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Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Physicists Store Images in Vapor
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ...
Rigiflex lithography improves organic LEDs
Apr 21, 2006 |
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In the race to create the roll-up TV (and a host of other devices), scientists are continually manipulating organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. Recently, researchers from Korea have designed a technique ...
Graphene provides foundation for new devices that handle electrons as waves
Apr 14, 2006 |
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A study of how electrons behave in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite – known as graphene – suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices that ...
Nano this, Nano that, what the...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Nano has officially become the most misused word in the English language. Everything from the Ipod Nano to anything smaller than a Mac truck gets “nanoed” by clueless – or savvy, take your pick – marketing ...
A Quantum (Computer) Step: Study Shows It's Feasible to Read Data Stored as Nuclear 'Spins'
Nov 19, 2006 |
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A University of Utah physicist took a step toward developing a superfast computer based on the weird reality of quantum physics by showing it is feasible to read data stored in the form of the magnetic "spins" ...
Pinpoint microwave resolution could lead to wireless power transfer
Apr 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have focused microwaves to specks 20 times smaller than their wavelength and five times smaller than other devices have achieved.
U-M develops scalable and mass- producible quantum computer chip
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Dec 14, 2005 |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have produced what is believed to be the first scalable quantum computer chip, which could mean big gains in the worldwide race to develop a quantum computer.


