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Condensed Matter Oct 2, 2024

New materials and techniques show promise for microelectronics and quantum technologies

As phones and computers shrink in size, our need for data storage and transfer is growing. Electronic devices have been powered by semiconductors for decades, but as the push to miniaturize continues, there's a limit to how ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 23, 2024

Research explores organic semiconductor materials for sustainable temperature sensors

New research into organic semiconductor materials, led by the University of St Andrews, paves the way for more sustainable temperature sensors for use in everyday technology.

Nanophysics Sep 20, 2024

Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor

UC Irvine-led research reveals that the optical properties of materials can be dramatically enhanced—not by changing the materials themselves, but by giving the light new properties.

Condensed Matter Sep 16, 2024

Tunable nonlinear Hall effect observed at room temperature in tellurium

A research team has discovered significant nonlinear Hall and wireless rectification effects at room temperature in elemental semiconductor tellurium (Te). Their research is published in Nature Communications.

Condensed Matter Sep 3, 2024

Researchers demonstrate spontaneous synchronization of quantum vortices in semiconductor microcavities

Researchers from Skoltech, Universitat Politècnica de València, Institute of Spectroscopy of RAS, University of Warsaw, and University of Iceland have demonstrated the spontaneous formation and synchronization of multiple ...

Nanomaterials Aug 29, 2024

Advances in semiconductor patterning: New block copolymer achieves 7.6 nm line width

A recently developed block copolymer could help push the limits of integration and miniaturization in semiconductor manufacturing, report scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK). ...

Nanophysics Aug 15, 2024

Team develops method for control over single-molecule photoswitching

Scientists from the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute have made an innovative discovery in nanoscale optoelectronics. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications and titled "Atomic-Precision ...

Nanomaterials Aug 9, 2024

2D layer of phosphorus pentamers shows semiconductor properties on silver surface

Phosphorus is a vital component of every organism and plays a key role, for example, in energy transfer in the body and within cell membranes, bones and teeth. Phosphorus is also special because it occurs in numerous different ...

Materials Science Aug 8, 2024

Finding pearls in the mud: Eco-friendly tungsten recovery from semiconductor waste

Semiconductor industry waste is typically seen as a costly disposal problem and an environmental hazard. But what if this waste could be transformed into a valuable resource?

Quantum Physics Aug 1, 2024

Stacked up against the rest: 2D nano-semiconductors advancing quantum technology

Quantum technology is quantifiable in qubits, which are the most basic unit of data in quantum computers. The operation of qubits is affected by the quantum coherence time required to maintain a quantum wave state.

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