News tagged with silicon surface

Solved: The mystery of the nanoscale crop circles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost three years ago a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was performing an experiment in which layers of gold mere ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Microscopy reveals 'atomic antenna' behavior in graphene

Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

IBM creates first graphene based integrated circuit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a giant step forward in the creation and production of graphene based integrated circuits, IBM has announced in Science, the fabrication of a graphene based integrated circuit on a s ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (32) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Engineers grow nanolasers on silicon, pave way for on-chip photonics

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface, an achievement that could lead to a new class of faster, more efficient microprocessors, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Study investigates craters formed by raindrops (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hiroaki Katsuragi and a team from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, have been investigating what happens when water drops of various sizes are allowed to fall from a height of 10 to 480 ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Ultra-powerful Laser Makes Silicon Pump Liquid Uphill with No Added Energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Flexible paper robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- These inexpensive robots can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects up to 120 times their own weight. Being soft, they can apply gentle and even pressure, and adapt to varied ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers create a smaller, flexible LED

University of Miami professor at the College of Engineering, Jizhou Song, has helped design an light-emitting diode (LED) light that uses an array of LEDs 100 times smaller than conventional LEDs. The new device has flexibility, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microcantilevers are masters of measurement

(PhysOrg.com) -- Devices that look like tiny diving boards are a launching platform for research that could improve detergents and advance understanding of disease.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tracking therapeutic nanoparticles that target breast tumors

Researchers at Rice University, collaborating with investigators at the Baylor College of Medicine, have used two different types of imaging technologies to track the delivery of a therapeutic nanoparticle to breast tumors. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Learning from lizards: Geckos inspire new method to print electronics on complex surfaces

Geckos are masters at sticking to surfaces of all kinds and easily unsticking themselves, too. Inspired by these lizards, a team of engineers has developed a reversible adhesion method for printing electronics on a variety ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prediction of intrinsic magnetism at silicon surfaces could lead to single-spin magnetoelectronics

The integration of single-spin magnetoelectronics into standard silicon technology may soon be possible, if experiments confirm a new theoretical prediction by physicists at the Naval Research Laboratory and ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Organic Layers Pave Way for Next Generation of Biosensors and Solar Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers have laid the groundwork for attaching virtually any organic molecule to silicon, a technological feat that promises to greatly improve semiconductor devices’ performance ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast