News tagged with nanoribbons

Rice researchers unzip the future

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Apr 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 4

Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material.

Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jul 29, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (13) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...

Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects at the nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jun 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0

The unique properties of thin layers of graphite - known as graphene - make the material attractive for a wide range of potential electronic devices. Researchers have now experimentally demonstrated the potential ...

Scientists Produce First Movie of Individual Carbon Atoms in Action (w/Videos)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Mar 31, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (30) | 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving ...

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Jul 31, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (26) | 2

Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, physicists ...

Carbon nanoribbons could make smaller, speedier computer chips

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

May 27, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (23) | 2

Stanford chemists have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nanoribbons. The devices could someday be integrated into high-performance computer chips to increase their speed and generate less ...

Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes

Physics / Condensed Matter

Mar 27, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (24) | 1

Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts and aircraft wings, and can operate during stretching, compressing, ...

IBM researchers quell nanoscale interference

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Mar 07, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (40) | 1

IBM researchers have discovered a way to use graphite effectively in building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those in silicon-based computer chips.

Graphene Nanoelectronics: Making Tomorrow’s Computers from a Pencil Trace

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Jul 24, 2007 | 4.5 / 5 (60) | 0

A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics.

Stretchable Silicon May Inspire a New Wave of Electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jun 13, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (67) | 0

Scientists have created a form of nanoscale silicon that is stretchable. The new material may help pave the way for a class of stretchable electronic devices, such as “smart” surgical gloves and personal health ...

Flexible electronics could find applications as sensors, artificial muscles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Apr 02, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (13) | 0

Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the ...

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