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Silicon Nanoparticles

Safer nanoparticles spotlight tumors, deliver drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small is promising when it comes to illuminating tiny tumors or precisely delivering drugs, but many worry about the safety of nano-scale materials. Now a team of scientists has created miniscule ...





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The perfect cut

The perfect cut

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

You need the right tool to slice silicon blocks into paper-thin wafers: a several-kilometer-long wire wetted with a type of grinding paste. And all the parameters must be optimally adjusted -- only then can ...


IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices

IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth ...


A delicate grip

A delicate grip

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar wafers for use in the production of photovoltaic systems are extremely sensitive. In a test and demonstration center research is being conducted on grippers to determine the best way ...


A Germanium Wafer for Solar Power Cells

Slicing solar power costs: New method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (36) | comments 2

University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost ...


IBM Pioneers Process to Turn Waste into Solar Energy

IBM Pioneers Process to Turn Waste into Solar Energy

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 30, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 0

IBM today announced an innovative new semiconductor wafer reclamation process pioneered at its Burlington, Vermont manufacturing facility. The new process uses a specialized pattern removal technique to repurpose ...


Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Slimmer Nanorods Good Fit for Next-Gen 3-D Computer Chips

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a key step for advancing integrated 3-D chip technology.


Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | 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.


Solar breakthrough could lead to cheaper power

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 02, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Solar energy could become more affordable following a breakthrough by Australian scientists, who have boosted the efficiency of solar cell technology.


Advanced engineered substrates boost chip performance

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A single platform that combines the benefits of strained silicon and silicon-on-insulator technologies hopes to offer much improved performance for future chip generations.


Faster computers, electronic devices possible after scientists create large-area graphene on copper

Scientists create large-area graphene on copper: Faster computers, electronics possible

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, ...



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