Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd has developed vertical gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) capable of handling 50A forward current with 790V reverse blocking [Nariaka Tanaka et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p071001, 2014]. "To ...
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Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), which was purchased by China-based Wanxiang last year following its bankruptcy, will come up with a manufacturing unit in California, US, to revive its Karma hybrid electric car. The new ...
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KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has used corrugated epitaxial lateral overgrowth (CELOG) to create heterojunctions consisting of n-type indium phosphide (n-InP) and p-type silicon (p-Si) [Y. T. Sun et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., ...
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Researchers based in Japan claim the highest output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) so far for deep ultraviolet (DUV) sub-270nm-wavelength light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during DC operation [Shin-ichiro Inoue et al, Appl. Phys. ...
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed gallium antimonide (GaSb) thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells on gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates [Bor-Chau Juang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111101, 2015]. The use of GaAs ...
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Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen has partnered with the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees to fight skin cancer as the teams official sunscreen. This winter, the Blue Lizard mascot trekked across frozen Chicago and slushy Manhattan napping ...
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Japan-based Daicel is planning to build a second US factory for air bag inflators in early 2016. Reuters cited Daicel spokesman as saying that the company initially planned to construct the second US factory in March 2017, after its ...
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Researchers in Korea have used spin-coated silver nanowires (Ag NWs) to improve the performance of indium gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (InGaN LEDs) [Gyu-Jae Jeong et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p031118, 2015]. The team based at ...
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McGill University in Canada claims to have created the first electrically injected rolled-up semiconductor tube laser [M. H. T. Dastjerdi et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p021114, 2015]. Although rolled-up heterostructure lasers have been ...
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Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors have achieved a 42% enhancement in light output from flip-chip indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by incorporating a photonic crystal ...
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GT Advanced Technologies has announced that following the bankruptcy court's recent approval of its settlement agreement with Apple, GT is now pursuing ASF furnace opportunities for sapphire cover glass applications across the broader ...
Entrepreneur, actor and record producer Nick Cannon will serve as the Entertainment Matters Ambassador for the 2015 International CES®, announced the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today. Sponsored by Variety, Entertainment ...
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NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layer to release and transfer gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) from sapphire substrate to thermally conducting copper, ...
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Element, the skateboard brand, announced several key appointments to their U.S. leadership team. "We are entering a new era at Element,” said Global GM Frank Voit. “In almost 25 years, the brand has become a crucial player in ...
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DALLAS –EPA is taking final action approving the New Mexico Regional Haze and Visibility Transport clean-air plan. "By working together - we have successfully met our shared goal to protect our national treasures,” said Ron ...
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