In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers – supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - have demonstrated a ...
Tags: GaN nanowires, semiconductor processing techniques, semiconductor
Researchers in South Korea have developed a new gold-doping process for graphene transparent conducting layers (TCLs) that improves its adhesion and electrical contact with near-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (NUV-LEDs) [Chu-Young Cho et ...
Tags: NUV-LEDs GaN Graphene, Electrical, Electronics, LED
Researchers in Japan and Switzerland have used a laser treatment of sapphire substrates to increase the thickness of gallium nitride (GaN) layers grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) to around 200μm [Hideo Aida et al, Appl. Phys. ...
Researchers in Spain have grown high-indium-content indium gallium nitride (InGaN) directly on silicon (Si) substrates [Praveen Kumar et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p035501, 2013]. The work was carried out at Universidad ...
Tags: InGaN, silicon, Optoelectronics, Microtechnology
The interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) was formed by various research groups at Aarhus University together with groups from the Faculty of Science at Aalborg University. iNANO comprises facilities for the synthesis of ...
Tags: AFM, Single Cell Force Spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy
For noisy vacuum pumps, water chillers, ultrasonic baths and nitrogen generators, ATG Scientific now offers an extensive range of soundproofing products for laboratories operating electron microscopy, mass spectrometry and semiconductor ...
Tags: vacuum pumps, water chillers, ultrasonic baths, soundproofing products
Seoul National University and Ritsumeikan University in Korea have developed a new technique for growing higher-quality gallium nitride (GaN) layers at temperatures as low as 500°C [In-Su Shin et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, p125503, ...
Tags: Lights, Instruments, Meters
CIC biomaGUNE is a non-profit research organisation created in 2006 to promote scientific research and technological innovation at the highest levels in the Basque Country. Dr Ralf Richter leads Laboratory 3 in the Biosurfaces Research Unit ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters, Optics, Biomolecular Hydrogels
Researchers based in the USA and France have created graphene nanoribbon structures with regions that have relatively large energy bandgaps of about 0.5eV [J. Hicks et al, Nature Physics, published online 18 November 2012]. Flat graphene ...
Tags: silicon carbide, graphene, nanoribbon structures, bandgaps, energy bands
Researchers based in France and Germany have developed techniques for growing indium arsenide (InAs) channel structures on silicon [L. Desplanque et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p142111, 2012]. Room-temperature mobility for the epitaxial ...
Tags: growing indium arsenide, InAs, chemicals
Chevrolet has unveiled a new 6.2L V-8 engine for its new 2014 Corvette sports car which is expected to be launched during late 2013. Claimed to offer an output of 450hp and 610Nm torque, the first of the Gen 5 family of Small Block ...
Tags: Chevrolet, new V-8 engine, corvette sports car, active fuel management
ECRU, Miss. -- Promotional upholstery manufacturer American Furniture Mfg. said it has hired Al Wiygul, a veteran industry executive and most recently president of Bauhaus USA, as CEO. He succeeds Mike Thomas, who will retire at the end ...
Tags: furniture
Researchers in China have improved LED power output and droop behavior in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by including an electron-emitting layer under the active region [Jianbao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, ...
18 October 2012 Lithium aluminate substrate for low-cost nonpolar gallium nitride Researchers based in Germany and the Netherlands have been studying the potential for growing nonpolar gallium nitride(GaN)on lithium ...
Strategies United predicts that by 2015 the global market for high brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) will generate revenues of $18.9 billion, representing a compound growth rate of 11.8%. A key factor in the growth of HB-LEDs is the use of ...
Tags: LED