News tagged with plasma transistor

Plasma etching pushes the limits of a shrinking world

Plasma etching (using an ionized gas to carve tiny components on silicon wafers) has long enabled the perpetuation of Moore's Law -- the observation that the number of transistors that can be squeezed into an integrated circuit ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

(PhysOrg.com) -- By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois have created a plasma transistor that could be used to make lighter, ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2




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How to corner the MEMS market

In the last decade, MEMS (microelectromechanical devices) have wrought revolutions in several industries: Arrays of micromirrors, for instance, enabled digital film projectors, and accelerometers like those ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The world's first sterilizable flexible organic transistor

An international research team has succeeded in manufacturing on a polymeric film the world’s first flexible organic transistor that is robust enough under high temperature medical sterilization process. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorized roller could mass-produce graphene-based devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding a simple, scalable way to pattern graphene for future electronics applications is one of the biggest challenges facing graphene researchers. While lithography has been widely used ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

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

Eureka! Kitchen gadget inspires scientist to make more effective plastic electronics

One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a kitchen gadget that vacuum-seals food in plastic. The demo stuck with him. The simple concept – an airtight seal ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Light-controlling artificial diamond structures could lead to optical computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to make computer chips even faster than those of today, many researchers have recently been investigating the possibility of optical computing. In an optical computer, information ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Study compares fundamental techniques for doping graphene sheets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have conducted the first direct comparison of two fundamental techniques that could be used for chemically doping sheets of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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

E-paper unplugged is key draw at Japan show

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yet another flexible e-paper display? No. Something special. This concept e-reader has no ho-hum signs of boring repetition. The concept e-reader was shown at last month’s FPD International ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Building chips from collapsing nanopillars

By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Resistive switches based on piezoelectric nanowires allow electrical signals to be produced from mechanical actions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of the unique properties of zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have demonstrated a new type of piezoelectric resistive switching device in which the write-read access of memory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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