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UrduPITTSBURGH (Nov. 12, 2019) — Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets rolled into tubes 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, CNTs have an exceptional strength-to-mass ratio and excellent thermal and…
Tag: SUPERCONDUCTORS/SEMICONDUCTORS
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic modules (OPV). The scientists from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), and the Helmholtz…
Large scale integrated circuits produced in printing press
All-printed large-scale integrated circuits based on organic electrochemical transistors
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic modules (OPV). The scientists from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), and the Helmholtz…
Large scale integrated circuits produced in printing press
All-printed large-scale integrated circuits based on organic electrochemical transistors
Thorium superconductivity: Scientists discover new high-temperature superconductor
A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Ivan Troyan of the Institute of Crystallography of RAS has succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), a new superconducting material with…
Thorium superconductivity: Scientists discover a new high-temperature superconductor
A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov, Professor at Skoltech and MIPT, and Dr. Ivan Troyan at the Institute of Crystallography of RAS have succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), a new superconducting material with a very high critical…
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
Scientists spy unstable semiconductors
New observations using state-of-the-art techniques could help to build better electronics in smartphones, GPS and satellites
Scientists spy unstable semiconductors
New observations using state-of-the-art techniques could help to build better electronics in smartphones, GPS and satellites
Scientists spy unstable semiconductors
New observations using state-of-the-art techniques could help to build better electronics in smartphones, GPS and satellites
Suspended layers make a special superconductor
In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. There are quite a few practical applications of this phenomenon; however, many fundamental questions remain as yet unanswered. Associate Professor Justin Ye, head of the Device Physics of Complex…
2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.
Suspended layers make a special superconductor
In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. There are quite a few practical applications of this phenomenon; however, many fundamental questions remain as yet unanswered. Associate Professor Justin Ye, head of the Device Physics of Complex…
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards — such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers to create these components reliably…
2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards — such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers to create these components reliably…
Suspended layers make a special superconductor
In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. There are quite a few practical applications of this phenomenon; however, many fundamental questions remain as yet unanswered. Associate Professor Justin Ye, head of the Device Physics of Complex…
2D antimony holds promise for post-silicon electronics
Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin find new material for manufacturing even smaller computer chips to replace silicon.
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards — such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building industry relies on manufacturers to create these components reliably…
FEFU and FEB RAS scientists are close to Integrate Silicon Electronics and Spintronics
They developed nanoheterostructure which can be used as a source of spin-polarized electrons for the semiconductor silicon substrate
Fragmented magnetism
Researchers from Boston College, MIT, and UC Santa Barbara reveal an elusive atomic-scale magnetic ‘signal’ in a Mott insulator
NTU Singapore and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore to jointly explore next-gen memory technology
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®), the world’s leading specialty foundry, will be jointly exploring the next-generation of embedded memory for smart systems. All electronics in today’s automotive systems and portable devices require the use of non-volatile…
Researchers watch quantum knots untie
After first reporting the existence of quantum knots, Aalto University & Amherst College researchers now report how the knots behave
Croissant making inspires renewable energy solution
The art of croissant making has inspired researchers from Queen Mary University of London to find a solution to a sustainable energy problem. Croissants are made by pressing and folding dough to create a layered pastry. The researchers applied this…
Paving a way to achieve unexplored semiconductor nanostructures
Peculiar Bi provoked nanostructures in compound semiconductor nanowires controlled by atomically precise epitaxial crystal growth
Bentham Science announces new journal, Current Mechanics and Advanced Materials
Bentham Science announces the launch of the subscription-based journal, Current Mechanics and Advanced Materials . The first issue of the journal will be available online by the mid of the year, 2020. Dr. Q. H. Qin is the Editor-in-Chief of…
Ultrafast particle interactions could help make quantum information devices feasible
Research presents the detection of energy transfer from excited electrons to the crystal lattice on the femtosecond timescale. Knowledge could contribute to the development of materials that prolong the coherence time
Two Harvard researchers receive the 2019 Eni Award, the ‘Nobel Prize in Energy’
Their invention could help the energy industry prioritize renewable sources like solar and wind
Reducing open-circuit voltage loss in organic solar cells
The power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells (OSCs) based on blends of electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) semiconducting materials now exceed 16%. However, it is still lower than that of highly efficient inorganic SCs such as GaAs. The…
Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work
The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruption
ERC Synergy Grant: 12 million euros for research into ‘magic’ 3D nanostructures
The physicists Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski and Prof. Stefan Blügel from Forschungszentrum Jülich have successfully obtained a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). In the “3D MAGiC” project, together with Prof. Mathias Kläui from the University of Mainz and…
Researchers develop intelligent, shape-morphing, self-healing material for soft robotics
PITTSBURGH– Advances in the fields of soft robotics, wearable technologies, and human/machine interfaces require a new class of stretchable materials that can change shape adaptively while relying only on portable electronics for power. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed…
That new yarn? — wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns
Drexel’s MXene-coated conductive yarn could make devices wearable — and washable
Controlling superconducting regions within an exotic metal
Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only become superconductors – meaning that electrons can travel in them with no resistance – at very low temperatures. These days, this unique…
Johns Hopkins researchers discover material that could someday power quantum computer
Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict the spread of viruses, may be within closer reach thanks to a new discovery by Johns Hopkins researchers. “We’ve found that a certain…
Graphene substrate improves the conductivity of carbon nanotube network
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and the University of Vienna, Austria, have combined graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes into a transparent hybrid material with conductivity higher than either component exhibits separately
Patented concept from Halle: novel, high-performance diodes and transistors
Today’s computer processors are increasingly pushed to their limits due to their physical properties. Novel materials could be the solution. Physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have investigated if and how these materials might be developed. They have created,…
Pressure may be key to fighting climate change with thermoelectric generators
New way to use compression techniques to improves thermoelectric performance, bringing researchers closer to practical applications that could help fight climate change
Graphene turns 15 on track to deliver on its promises
The Graphene Flagship analyses the current graphene landscape and market forecast for graphene over the following decade
Keeping cool with quantum wells
Tokyo, Japan – University of Tokyo researchers have announced a new approach for electrical cooling without the need for moving parts. By applying a bias voltage to quantum wells made of the semiconductor aluminum gallium arsenide, electrons can be made…
Spying on topology
An ultra-fast optical way to extract critical information from quantum materials
Researchers synthesize ‘impossible’ superconductor
Researchers from the U.S., Russia, and China have bent the rules of classical chemistry and synthesized a “forbidden” compound of cerium and hydrogen — CeH 9 — which exhibits superconductivity at a relatively low pressure of 1 million atmospheres. The…
SMART announces successful way to commercially manufacture integrated Silicon III-V Chips
MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore has developed a commercially viable way to create new Silicon III-V Chips, paving the way for intelligent optoelectronic and 5G devices
Curved nanochannels allow independent tuning of charge and spin currents
To increase the efficiency of microchips, 3D structures are now being investigated. However, spintronic components, which rely on electron spin rather than charge, are always flat. To investigate how to connect these to 3D electronics, University of Groningen physicist Dr.…
Quantum material goes where none have gone before
Alloy behaves strangely while traversing potential ‘spin liquid’ state
A royal fellowship
Professor Shuji Nakamura among the newest fellows of UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering
Light in a new light
Creating different kinds of light with manipulable quantum properties
Development of highly sensitive diode, converts microwaves to electricity
Aiming to create sensor networks that do not require dedicated power sources