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Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry

Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a method to measure the toughness -- the resistance to fracture -- of the thin insulating films that play a ...





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Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers

Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered ...


Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash.


Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer ...


Scientists demonstrate potential of graphene films as next-generation transistors

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 1

Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have characterized an aspect of graphene film behavior by measuring the way it conducts electricity on a substrate. This milestone advances the potential application of graphene, ...


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Toward a new generation of paper-thin loudspeakers

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (48) | comments 6

In research that may redefine ear buds, earphones, stereo loudspeakers, and other devices for producing sound, researchers in China are reporting development of flexible loudspeakers thinner than paper that ...


Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch.


New property found in ancient mineral lodestone

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (53) | comments 1

Using the latest methods for nanofabrication, a team led by Rice University physicists has discovered a surprising new electronic property in one of the earliest-known and most-studied magnetic minerals on Earth -- lodestone, ...


Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes

Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes—sorted by centrifuge for length—materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made some of the most precise ...


Researchers develop thin films showing promise for solar applications

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication (CM). This development is of great interest for future solar cells.


Scientists create superconducting thin films

Scientists create superconducting thin films

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (51) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale -- the realm of billionths of a meter. Such ...



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