Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and Nagoya University, Japan, have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors ...
Tag: Superconductors/Semiconductors
Development of magneto-optic effect measurement device using dual-comb spectroscopy
New tools for polarization and spectroscopic measurement and material developmentBlock diagram of Faraday effect measurement system using dual-comb spectroscopy. Professor ...
Hot electrons harvested without tricks
Credit: Maxim Pchenitchnikov, University of Groningen Semiconductors convert energy from photons (light) into an electron current. However, some photons carry ...
Research reveals new state of matter: a Cooper pair metal
Credit: Valles lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For years, physicists have assumed that Cooper pairs, the ...
Printed metal conductors may be next-generation electronic displays
$1m grant from DOE funds Pitt researcher and electroninks project using metal ink for OLEDsCredit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH ...
Stretchable, degradable semiconductors
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00850 To seamlessly integrate electronics with the natural world, materials are needed ...
New Pitt research finds carbon nanotubes show a love/hate relationship with water
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Nov. 12, 2019) -- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. ...
Brookhaven-Commonwealth Fusion Energy Project wins DOE funding
Through DOE's new Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program, Brookhaven will partner with Massachusetts-based startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems to ...
Large scale integrated circuits produced in printing press
All-printed large-scale integrated circuits based on organic electrochemical transistorsCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University and RISE, Campus Norrköping, have ...
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
Credit: Copyright: ZAE/Kurt Fuchs A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion ...
Thorium superconductivity: Scientists discover new high-temperature superconductor
Credit: Dmitry Semenok et al./Materials Today A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute ...
Thorium superconductivity: Scientists discover a new high-temperature superconductor
Credit: Dmitry V.Semenok et al., Materials Today A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov, Professor at Skoltech and MIPT, ...
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Credit: UCLouvain Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night ... Mars is not very hospitable! It's for these ...
2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.Credit: ...