News tagged with silicon devices


'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...





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Spin polarization achieved in room temperature silicon

Spin polarization achieved in room temperature silicon

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group in The Netherlands has achieved a first: injection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon at room temperature. This has previously been observed only at extremely low temperatures, ...


New Southampton clean room to push the boundaries of technology

Scientists to work on non-volatile 'universal memory' devices in new clean room facility

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The University of Southampton’s Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens next week (9 September), will make it possible to manufacture high-speed and non-volatile 'universal memory' devices for industry ...


Sharp Introduces New Solar Module for Mobile Devices

Sharp Introduces New Solar Module for Mobile Devices

Technology / Energy

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce into the global market the new LR0GC02 Solar Module for Mobile Devices that features a thickness of 0.8 mm, the industry's thinnest level.


Time Lens

Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Cornell University have developed a device called a "time lens" which is a silicon device for speeding up optical data. The basic components of this device are an optical-fiber ...


Leading Companies Form Mobile HD Interface Working Group to Drive Industry Standard

Technology / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba today announced the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect ...


Nanowire Formation

Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | 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 ...


Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Silicon with afterburners: New process could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's ...


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.


Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, ...


Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer.



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