News tagged with oxide films
Flexible, transparent supercapacitors -- bend and twist them like a poker card
It is a completely transparent and flexible energy conversion and storage device that you can bend and twist like a poker card.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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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
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Will carbon nanotubes replace indium tin oxide?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Up until now, George Grüner tells PhysOrg.com, most of the studies regarding the properties - and uses - of carbon nanotubes have been restricted to the visible spectral range. “We, however, were interested in the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2009 |
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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
Aug 01, 2011 |
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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 ...
Feb 26, 2010 |
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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 ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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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
Sep 26, 2011 |
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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.
May 29, 2012 |
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Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers
(PhysOrg.com) -- By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered ...
May 06, 2009 |
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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
Aug 31, 2010 |
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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 ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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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 ...
Mar 30, 2010 |
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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 ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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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. ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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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 ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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