News tagged with dielectric material

New form of hafnium oxide developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel material developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge is opening up new possibilities for next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices, and paving the way for further ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Restraint improves dielectric performance, lifespan

Just as a corset improves the appearance of its wearer by keeping everything tightly together, rigidly constraining insulating materials in electrical components can increase their energy density and decrease their rates ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Korean researchers report creation of faster, more resilient ReRam

(PhysOrg.com) -- Korean researchers working out of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology report in a paper published in Nature Materials, that they've been able to create a non-volatile Resistance RAM (ReRam) chip c ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New transistor for plastic electronics exhibits the best of both worlds

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a transistor with excellent stability and performance for use on plastic electronics. In addition, it can be manufactured at relatively low temperatures in a regular ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Novel tailor-made nanoferroelectric from building blocks

A research group at the Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have successfully developed a novel nanoferroelectric by a solution-based bottom-up nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depth Charge: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Subsurface Structures

Over the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing resolutions—fractions of a nanometer in some cases. But suppose you're more ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stacking the deck: Single photons observed at seemingly faster-than-light speeds

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Organic flash memory developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 3 weblog

The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways

Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 8

Storing a Lightning Bolt in Glass for Portable Power

(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials researchers at Penn State University have reported the highest known breakdown strength for a bulk glass ever measured. Breakdown strength, along with dielectric constant, determines ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (24) | comments 9