News tagged with oxide films

Copper-nickel nanowires could be perfect fit for printable electronics

While the Statue of Liberty and old pennies may continue to turn green, printed electronics and media screens made of copper nanowires will always keep their original color.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low-temperature method 'grows' transparent zinc oxide films for use in displays, solar cells

The displays on flat-screen TVs and smartphones, as well as the panels on solar cells, all require materials that not only conduct electricity but are also highly transparent to visible light. One transparent ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Functional oxide thin films create new field of oxide electronics

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed the first functional oxide thin films that can be used efficiently in electronics, opening the door to an array of new high-power devices and smart sensors. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Copper nanowire films could lower touch screen, LED and solar cell costs

Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and they could ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Transparent electronics from graphene-based electrodes (w/ Video)

Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Elpida uses high-K metal gate technology to develop 2-gigabit DDR2 mobile RAM

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exciting atoms on the move: Fine-tuned laser light activates oxygen atoms to escape the surface

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to accelerate and remove oxygen atoms from thin films of calcium oxide has been discovered by a team of scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University College ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells

Like most technologies, work on solar devices has proceeded in generational waves. First came bulk silicon-based solar cells built with techniques that borrowed heavily from those used to make computer chips. Next came work ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glass magic -- a film that changes what glass can do

Fogged or frozen windows are the bane of drivers' lives in winter. German researchers have developed a process that allows them to manufacture not just transparent, but heatable films. These films also prevent ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Nanotechnologists reveal the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets (w/ Video)

A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Applied Materials Introduces Critical Via Liner Technology for 3D Chip Packaging

Applied Materials, Inc. today added to its extensive line of 3D chip packaging solutions with the launch of its Applied Producer InVia dielectric deposition system. Using a unique CVD process, the InVia system ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mechanical devices stamped on plastic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microelectromechanical devices -- tiny machines with moving parts -- are everywhere these days: they monitor air pressure in car tires, register the gestures of video game players, and reflect ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metal oxide 'can transform'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team including Oxford University scientists has been investigating what happens to the top layer of atoms on the surface of a material that splits water and has potential uses in nanoelectronics.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast