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New Options for transparent contact electrodes
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
Found in flat screens, solar modules, or in new organic light-emitting diode (LED) displays, transparent electrodes have become ubiquitous. Typically, they cons...
A new material for environmentally friendlier electronics
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
The electronics industry has a remarkable impact on the environment, yet research is devising new solutions to reduce it. Among these, a new compound with an un...
Novel materials: smart and magnetic
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
Novel, smart materials like shape memory alloys very often display so-called glass-like magnetism. Other smart materials with similar properties include those w...
Organic ferroelectric molecule shows promise for memory chips, sensors
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
At the heart of computing are tiny crystals that transmit and store digital information's ones and zeroes. Today these are hard and brittle materials. But cheap...
NIST's 'nanotubes on a chip' may simplify optical power measurements
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may simplify absolute mea...
Quantum Communication: Each Photon Counts
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
Ultrafast, efficient, and reliable single-photon detectors are among the most sought-after components in photonics and quantum communication, which have not yet...
New 2D material for next generation high-speed electronics
Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)
The material - made up of layers of crystal known as molybdenum oxides - has unique properties that encourage the free flow of electrons at ultra-high speeds. I...
UGA researchers invent new material for warm-white LEDs
Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)
Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability, but the bluish, cold light of current white LEDs has pre...
DARPA, Industry Collaborate to Knock Down Microelectronics Barriers
Jan 21, 2013 (SPX)
The inherent goodness of miniaturizing electronics has been key to a wide array of technology innovations and an important economic driver for several decades. ...
New biochip technology uses tiny whirlpools to corral microbes
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have demonstrated a new technology that combines a laser and electric fields to create tiny centrifuge-like whirlpools to separate particles and mic...
Power spintronics: Producing AC voltages by manipulating magnetic fields
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists are putting a new spin on their approach to generating electrical current by harnessing a recently identified electromotive force known as spinmotive...
Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor
Jan 04, 2013 (SPX)
Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the c...
Physicists take photonic topological insulators to the next level
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a simulation that for the first time emulates key properties of electronic topological insulators...
Marvell hit with billion-dollar verdict in patent case
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
A jury on Wednesday hit Marvell Technology Group with a billion-dollar verdict, ruling that the US chip maker "willfully" infringed on patents held by Carnegie ...
China shows electronic circuit advance
Dec 24, 2012 (UPI)
Chinese researchers say they've made a breakthrough in constructing tiny integrated circuits, which would help local electronics manufacturers. Scientists at th...
UCLA engineers develop new energy-efficient computer memory using magnetic materials
Dec 20, 2012 (SPX)
By using electric voltage instead of a flowing electric current, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have made major...
Taiwan's UMC to buy majority stake in Chinese firm
Dec 20, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwanese authorities have given approval for microchip giant United Microelectronics Corp to buy a majority stake in China's He Jian Technology, officials said...
Stretchable electronics
Dec 18, 2012 (SPX)
Electronic devices become smaller, lighter, faster and more powerful with each passing year. Currently, however, electronics such as cell phones, tablets, lapto...
Novel NIST process is a low-cost route to ultrathin platinum films
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of depositing uniform...
Dreidel-like dislocations lead to remarkable properties
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
A new material structure predicted at Rice University offers the tantalizing possibility of a signal path smaller than the nanowires for advanced electronics no...
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