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 electron duos ...
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: ...
Suspended layers make a special superconductor
Credit: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. ...
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
Credit: Vincent Holmberg/Matthew Crane/Elena Pandres/Peter Pauzauskie Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific ...
The secret behind crystals that shrink when heated
Discovery yields new quantitative description of unusual behavior relevant to materials used in electronics, medicine, telecommunications, and moreCredit: Brookhaven National ...
New technique lets researchers map strain in next-gen solar cells
Credit: Jariwala et al., Joule, 2019 People can be good at hiding strain, and we're not alone. Solar cells have ...
Scientists tame Josephson vortices
Credit: Viacheslav Dremov et al./Nature Communications MIPT physicists have learned how to locally control Josephson vortices. The discovery can be ...
Efficient hydrogen conversion via PEC water splitting using hematite mesocrystals
Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has ...