News tagged with silicon oxide
Graphene and gallium arsenide: Two perfect partners find each other
Sep 16, 2009 |
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It is the marriage of two top candidates for the electronics of the future, both excentric and extremely interesting: Graphene, one of the partners, is an extremely thin fellow and besides, very young.
Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Scientists demonstrate effect of confining dielectrics on semiconductor nanowire conductivity
May 05, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), have demonstrated, for the first time, that the activation energy ...
Researchers Find Better Way To Manufacture Fast Computer Chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils.
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New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...
3-D system based on optical fiber could provide new options for photovoltaics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs.
Carbon nanotubes may cheaply harvest sunlight
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new alternative energy technology relies on the element most associated with climate change: carbon.
Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of international researchers is the first to uncover the chemical composition and structure of a microelectronics element that is vital to producing ever smaller - and, thus, cheaper ...
Looking deeply into polymer solar cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 13, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights ...
Scientists to work on non-volatile 'universal memory' devices in new clean room facility
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 02, 2009 |
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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 ...
Calif. region is epicenter of U.S. nano-revolution
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 27, 2009 |
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The San Francisco Bay Area has become the nation's hot spot for a microscopic technology that's already being used for everything from keeping drill bits sharp to extending the usable life of cooking oil, and that one day ...
Let there be light: Teaching magnets to do more than just stick around
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and ...
New material for nanoscale computer chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Nanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic and inorganic nanowires. ...
'Nanospears' could lead to better solar cells, lasers, lighting
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have ...
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