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Chemists use abundant, low-cost and non-toxic elements to synthesize semiconductors

03/15/2018  Javier Vela of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has worked with two of his graduate students to synthesize a new material for semiconductors. The chemists think the material will work well in solar cells, but without the toxicity, scarcity or costs of other semiconductors. They report their discovery in a paper recently published online by the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Si2 approves two IC design simulation standards for fast-growing gallium nitride market

03/14/2018  The Silicon Integration Initiative's (Si2) Compact Model Coalition (CMC) has approved two integrated circuit design simulation standards that target the fast-growing global market for gallium nitride semiconductors.

Flat gallium joins roster of new 2-D materials

03/12/2018  Scientists at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have discovered a method to make atomically flat gallium that shows promise for nanoscale electronics.

UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials

03/09/2018  New kinds of 'superlattices' could lead to improvements in electronics, from transistors to LEDs.

Simulation and experiment help TU Dresden researchers study next-generation semiconductors

03/08/2018  Theoretical physicists and experimentalists collaborate to identify dopants capable of enabling new designs of semiconducting materials.

Linde LienHwa announces investment commitment in China and additional new special gas production in Taiwan

03/07/2018  Linde LienHwa, a key supplier of gases and chemicals to the electronics industry, continues to invest with its customers in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Researchers reshape the energy landscape of phonons in nanocrystals

03/07/2018  Light and vibrations intertwine inside a nanoscale cavity.

Materials 'sandwich' breaks barrier for solar cell efficiency

03/05/2018  NYU Tandon Professor André D. Taylor's research team combines materials and borrows lessons from nature to build a better organic solar cell.

Executive viewpoints: 2018 outlook

03/05/2018  Each year, Solid State Technology turns to industry leaders to hear viewpoints on the technological and economic outlook for the upcoming year. Read through these expert opinions on what to expect in 2018.

Mining hardware helps scientists gain insight into silicon nanoparticles

03/02/2018  Researchers first developed a three-dimensional dynamic model of an interaction between light and nanoparticles.

Practical spin wave transistor one step closer

03/02/2018  University of Groningen physicists have managed to alter the flow of spin waves through a magnet, using only an electrical current.

Experimentally demonstrated a toffoli gate in a semiconductor three-qubit system

02/28/2018  A new progress in the scaling of semiconductor quantum dot based qubit has been achieved at Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics of USTC.

Phase-transition cubic gallium nitride doubles ultraviolet emission efficiency

02/20/2018  Novel photonics materials are becoming pivotal for energy conversion, communications, and sensing, largely because there is a global desire to enhance energy efficiency, and reduce electricity consumption.

Precision experiments reveal gaps in van der Waals theory

02/16/2018  Experiments reveal the inadequacies of theory for modelling two-dimensional (2-D) van der Waals materials.

Engineers develop smart material that changes stiffness when twisted or bent

02/15/2018  A new smart and responsive material can stiffen up like a worked-out muscle, say the Iowa State University engineers who developed it.

Graphene on toast, anyone?

02/13/2018  Rice University scientists create patterned graphene onto food, paper, cloth, cardboard.

Scientists observe nanowires as they grow

02/08/2018  X-ray experiments reveal exact details of self-catalyzed growth for the first time.

Entegris' strong fourth-quarter caps record year

02/07/2018  Entegris, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ENTG), a developer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions for the microelectronics industry, today reported its financial results for the Company’s fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

UA researchers observe electrons zipping around in crystals

02/02/2018  Scientists have tracked electrons moving through exotic materials that may make up the next generation of computing hardware.




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