News tagged with copper deposition

Shear stiffness and friction mechanics of single-layer graphene measured for the first time

Researchers from the University of Bristol have measured and identified for the first time the stress and strain shear modulus and internal friction of graphene sheets. Graphene is a material that has many ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen may be key to growth of high-quality graphene

A new approach to growing graphene greatly reduces problems that have plagued researchers in the past and clears a path to the crystalline form of graphite's use in sophisticated electronic devices of tomorrow.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researching niobium gilding in bid for better beams

For thousands of years, craftsmen have applied gilding, a thin layer of gold, to objects to enhance their value. Now, researchers at DOE's Jefferson Lab are using this same idea to enhance materials for accelerator ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Graphene: New electronics material closer to commercial reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, an advance that opens up the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

UA engineers win patent for protein-based electronic circuits

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona engineers have patented a process that could lead to the next big leap in microelectronics, completely changing the way microchips are made. Pierre Deymier, a professor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle

Graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, is a potential superstar for the electronics industry. With freakishly mobile electrons that can blaze through the material at nearly the speed of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Dust deposited in oceans may carry elements toxic to marine algae

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food web. But ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0