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GaAs self-assembled nanowires could make chips smaller and faster

GaAs self-assembled nanowires could make chips smaller and faster

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster. The technique uses self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made ...





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Silicon superlattices: New waves in thermoelectricity

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a new method for using nanoscale silicon that could improve devices that convert thermal energy into electrical energy.


Researchers present new solution for miniaturized organic lasers

Researchers present new solution for miniaturized organic lasers

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 19, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

AMO GmbH, Aachen and IBM Research GmbH, Rüschlikon were able to realize and characterize optimized photonic feedback structures for miniaturized organic lasers.


A Polymer Solar Cell with Near-Perfect Internal Efficiency

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 13 feature

An international group of scientists has developed a polymer-based solar cell with an ability not yet seen in similar cells: almost every single photon it absorbs is converted into a pair of electric-charge carriers, and ...


Nanowire Formation

Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers ...



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