Organic semiconductors: One transistor for all purposes
In mobiles, fridges, planes - transistors are everywhere. But they often operate only within a restricted current range. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) ...
Tag: Superconductors/Semiconductors
NIST researchers boost intensity of nanowire LEDs
Credit: NIST Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, ...
In a new quantum simulator, light behaves like a magnet
Credit: R. Ravasio/EPFL When subject to the laws of quantum mechanics, systems made of many interacting particles can display behaviour ...
Speeding the development of fusion power to create unlimited energy on Earth
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Can tokamak fusion facilities, the most widely used devices for harvesting on Earth the ...
Study shows pressure induces unusually high electrical conductivity in polyiodide
Work carried out in tetraethylammonium di-iodine triiodide (TEAI) Polyiodides exhibit useful electrochemical properties such as charge-carrier transportation, high electrolyte energy ...
Researchers discover new material to help power electronics
Finding could change how electronic devices are built COLUMBUS, Ohio--Electronics rule our world, but electrons rule our electronics. A research ...
Semimetals are high conductors
Credit: Sergey Savrasov, UC Davis Researchers in China and at UC Davis have measured high conductivity in very thin layers ...
Researchers measure near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors
Credit: Ella Marushchenko Tiny, easy-to-produce particles, called quantum dots, may soon take the place of more expensive single crystal semiconductors ...
Exotic ‘second sound’ phenomenon observed in pencil lead
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports The next time you set a ...
UTA researcher working to determine minimum energy use possible in lasers
Energy-efficient lasersCredit: UT Arlington Inside massive data centers, electrical data interconnections consume huge amounts of electricity. But an alternative--semiconductor laser-based ...
At the limits of detectability
New approach facilitates spectroscopy on individual moleculesCredit: Andreas Battenberg While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new ...
When semiconductors stick together, materials go quantum
A new study led by Berkeley Lab reveals how aligned layers of atomically thin semiconductors can yield an exotic new ...
Light from an exotic crystal semiconductor could lead to better solar cells
Rutgers-led team finds a new way to control light emitted by a hybrid crystalCredit: Vitaly Podzorov and Yaroslav Rodionov Scientists ...
A study by the UC3M researches the limits of topological insulators using sound waves
Credit: UC3M In these kinds structures, sound signals remain robust and insensitive to noise caused by impurities and defects in ...
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