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Condensed Matter Apr 28, 2020

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices based on silicon carbide may revolutionize electronics

Growth of high-quality substrates for microelectronic applications is one of the key elements helping drive society toward a more sustainable green economy. Today, silicon plays a central role within the semiconductor industry ...

Materials Science Mar 27, 2020

Research into perovskite-silicon tandem cells shows new path to take

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working in collaboration with their counterparts in the Republic of Korea, have validated the potential of using a combination of perovskite and silicon to create ...

Quantum Physics Mar 17, 2020

Machine learning to scale up the quantum computer

,,Quantum computers are expected to offer tremendous computational power for complex problems –currently intractable even on supercomputers—in the areas of drug design, data science, astronomy and materials chemistry among ...

General Physics Mar 5, 2020

Variations in the vibrations of beams of silicon create a sensitive way of measuring pressure changes

A micrometer-scale, low-power consumption pressure sensor has been developed by KAUST scientists, with potential applications in vacuum environments.

Optics & Photonics Mar 4, 2020

First bufferless 1.5 μm III-V lasers grown directly on silicon wafers in Si-photonics

Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have reported the world's first 1.5 μm III-V lasers directly grown on the industry-standard 220 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulators) wafers without buffer, ...

Materials Science Mar 3, 2020

Graphene, perovskites, and silicon—an ideal tandem for efficient solar cells

Researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and its spin-off, Graphene Flagship Associate Member BeDimensional, in cooperation with ENEA have successfully combined graphene ...

Materials Science Jan 22, 2020

Researchers test cells with silicon anodes, alumina coatings that protect cathodes

The process of developing better rechargeable batteries may be cloudy, but there's an alumina lining.

Optics & Photonics Jan 13, 2020

Hyperuniform disordered waveguides and devices for near infrared silicon photonics

In a new report published on Scientific Reports, Milan M. Milošević and an international research team at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Etaphase Incorporated and the Departments of Chemistry, Physics ...

Quantum Physics Dec 24, 2019

First chip-to-chip quantum teleportation harnessing silicon photonic chip fabrication

The development of technologies which can process information based on the laws of quantum physics are predicted to have profound impacts on modern society.

General Physics Dec 20, 2019

No storm in a teacup: It's a cyclone on a silicon chip

University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening the door to new navigation technologies and improved understanding of the turbulent ...

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