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Graphene on boron nitride work may lead to breakthrough in microchip technology

(Phys.org) -- Graphene is the wonder material that could solve the problem of making ever faster computers and smaller mobile devices when current silicon microchip technology hits an inevitable wall. Graphene, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Full control of plastic transistors

In an article in the highly ranked interdisciplinary journal PNAS, Loïg Kergoat, a researcher at Linköping University, describes how transistors made of plastic can be controlled with great precision.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensor unlocks potential for instant diagnostic devices

A new quantum mechanical-based biosensor designed by a team at University of California, Santa Barbara offers tremendous potential for detecting biomolecules at ultra-low concentrations, from instant point-of-care ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More energy efficient transistors through quantum tunneling

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Magnetic testing process helps ensure reliability of microelectronic devices

(Phys.org) -- Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Carbon nanotubes: The weird world of 'remote Joule heating'

(Phys.org) -- A team of University of Maryland scientists have discovered that when electric current is run through carbon nanotubes, objects nearby heat up while the nanotubes themselves stay cool, like a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (38) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Fujitsu develops a 2.3kW high-capacity power supply unit for servers, conversion efficiency rate of 94.8%

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a power supply unit for servers that features a 2.3 kW power output and achieves a world-leading conversion efficiency rate of 98.4%.

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Nanowires have superior electrical, mechanical properties and can be put to good use in pressure sensors

Miniaturized pressure sensors are widely used in mechanical and biomedical applications, for example, in gauging fuel pressure in cars or in monitoring blood pressure in patients. Woo-Tae Park and co-workers ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Smarter computing systems make society better

Smarter computing systems can help give our lives a big boost - in education, healthcare, transportation, security and even the environment. But these computing systems need to be adjusted constantly, to help ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An optical diode made with silicon technology can be used for quantum information

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes. All of these are examples of common electrical circuit elements that can be found on a computer motherboard, for instance. Billions of transistors ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene

In what became known as the 'Scotch tape technique," researchers first extracted graphene with a piece of adhesive in 2004. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb, hexagonal pattern. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

The world's first sterilizable flexible organic transistor

An international research team has succeeded in manufacturing on a polymeric film the world’s first flexible organic transistor that is robust enough under high temperature medical sterilization process. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

All-carbon-nanotube transistor can be crumpled like a piece of paper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the flexible yet robust properties of carbon nanotubes, researchers have previously fabricated transistors that can be rolled, folded, and stretched. Now a team from Japan has made ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Researchers develop first high-temperature spin-field-effect transistor

An international team of researchers featuring Texas A&M University physicist Jairo Sinova has announced a breakthrough that gives a new spin to semiconductor nanoelectronics and the world of information technology.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Researchers print field-effect transistors with nano-infused ink

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have discovered thin films of nanotubes created with ink-jet printers offer a new way to make field-effect transistors (FET), the basic element in integrated circuits.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast