News tagged with nanoelectronics

Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

(PhysOrg.com) -- The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia Nathan has joined the University to take up ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A realistic look at the promises and perils of nanomedicine

Is the emerging field of nanomedicine a breathtaking technological revolution that promises remarkable new ways of diagnosing and treating diseases? Or does it portend the release of dangerous nanoparticles, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors

Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material's use in computers and consumer ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery points way to graphene circuits

Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Energy storage device fabricated on a nanowire array

In a vivid demonstration of the progress being made in miniaturizing energy storage devices, a team of engineers from Rice University in Houston, Texas, has fabricated an energy storage device where all essential ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Turning agents of disease into tools for health and better living

Viruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NICTA microchip accelerates Australian bionic eye project

NICTA has developed a new microchip which is accelerating progress towards an Australian bionic eye.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TV broadcasting in 3-D

The market for consumer 3D television sets is expanding at the enormous pace of a 75% annual growth rate, following the trend for popular movies shot in 3D. With this rapidly growing market, comes the need for standardization ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Study: Error prevention, rather than correction, best for future of nanoelectronic devices

The move toward smarter, lighter and more powerful electronics, computers and smartphones depends on whether transistor circuits, the building blocks of such devices, can process large amounts of information. As these circuits ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Conducting ferroelectrics may be key to new electronic memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel properties of ferroelectric materials discovered at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are moving scientists one step closer to realizing a new paradigm of electronic memory storage.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Rainbow-trapping scientist now strives to slow light waves even further

An electrical engineer at the University at Buffalo, who previously demonstrated experimentally the "rainbow trapping effect" -- a phenomenon that could boost optical data storage and communications -- is ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The 'coolest' semiconductor nanowires

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor nanowires are essential materials in the development of cheaper and more efficient solar cells, as well as batteries with higher storage capacity. Moreover, they are important ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Stretched rubber offers simpler method for assembling nanowires

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a cheap and easy method for assembling nanowires, controlling their alignment and density. The researchers hope the findings will foster additional ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Nanoelectronics

Nanoelectronics refer to the use of nanotechnology on electronic components, especially transistors. Although the term nanotechnology is generally defined as utilizing technology less than 100 nm in size, nanoelectronics often refer to transistor devices that are so small that inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical properties need to be studied extensively. As a result, present transistors do not fall under this category, even though these devices are manufactured with 45 nm, 32 nm, or 22 nm technology.

Nanoelectronics are sometimes considered as disruptive technology because present candidates are significantly different from traditional transistors. Some of these candidates include: hybrid molecular/semiconductor electronics, one dimensional nanotubes/nanowires, or advanced molecular electronics.

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