News tagged with polymer transistors

Polarized X-ray scattering technique reveals structure of printable electronics

(Phys.org) -- An innovative X-ray technique has given North Carolina State University researchers and their collaborators new insight into how organic polymers can be used in printable electronics such as transistors and ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Printed CNT transistor circuits may lead to cheaper OLED displays

(PhysOrg.com) -- While flexible OLED displays have begun appearing in some cell phones, the technology is still too expensive to be widely used in consumer electronics. In one of the latest attempts to enable ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature

Graphene ink created for ink-jet printing of electronic components

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of UK scientists has created a graphene ink that can be used to ink-jet print electronic devices such as thin film transistors.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Transistors are made from natural cotton fibers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smarter, more functional clothing incorporating electronics may be possible in the near future, according to a study co-authored by Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stretchable graphene transistors overcome limitations of other materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to fabricating stretchable, transparent electronics, finding a material to make transistors from has been a significant challenge for researchers. They've explored a variety ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Organic chips - not just in your kitchen anymore

(PhysOrg.com) -- IMEC researchers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, in San Francisco, California are expected to introduce a microprocessor made with organic semiconductors.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

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

Could a paper transistor offer an alternative to silicon?

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology advances, scientists look for ways to enhance electronic applications and devices. Indeed, electronics are getting smaller and more diverse. And as this happens, there is an increased requirement ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 6 feature

Mysterious charge transport in self-assembled monolayer transistors unraveled

An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs). ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Writing' Patterns on Carbon Nanotubes With Polymer Chains

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes are at the center of the nanoelectronics research movement, with scientists making great progress toward getting nanotube-based electronic devices into the hands of consumers. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3 feature

Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries

While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology has made a fundamental discovery* about these materials that could improve methods ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0