News tagged with semiconductor fabrication
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 ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Making manufacturing ultrapure hydrogen gas easier than ever
Pure hydrogen (H2) is an important chemical widely used in the chemical industry, many semiconductor fabrication processes, as well as in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Almost all of the hydrogen ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Quantum simulator prototype replicates structure of graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, the Italian National Research Council, Princeton University, University of Missouri, and University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) has developed an artificial semiconductor ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Engineers achieve world record with high-speed graphene transistors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to difficulties ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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New Sensor to Drastically Cut Water Usage During Chip Making Process
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), University of Arizona and Arizona State University researchers have shown a new, exclusive way to dramatically conserve the amount of water needed to manufacture semiconductors. Using ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Toshiba develops molecular photoresist technology for EUV lithography
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a high resolution photoresist (photo-sensitive film) essential for future application of EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography in semiconductor fabrication, ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers
Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Scientists Fabricate Organic Transistor with Improved Performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic semiconductors are promising building blocks for many devices, from LEDs to transistors, offering potential advantages such as cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and high performance. ...
Apr 24, 2009 |
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