Currently, most flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices are fabricated using organic materials. However, for these devices inorganic compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) can provide advantages over organic materials ...
Tags: LEDs, LED displays, Electrical, Electronics
Nanyang technological unibersity, which has steadily been expanding since its 2011 founding, is establishing an international consortium to develop materials and processes for sporting goods products. Founding members of the NTU's ...
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Raytheon UK's semiconductor business unit in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK has embarked on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project, in conjunction with researchers at Newcastle University, to enhance the performance of silicon carbide ...
Oboz has launched a new website that makes getting info about Oboz shoes and boots fast and easy. The new site, , is designed to cater to mobile users, but also serves desktop or laptop researchers with clean, simple navigation and ...
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Aaron Franklin has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry. Leaving IBM's research enterprise for a ...
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It's too early to tell, but the total artificial heart might be the next potential medtech goldmine. Shares of artificial heart maker Carmat climbed nearly 20% in mid-day trading on September 5 amidst recently-confirmed rumors that the ...
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Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been exploring the potential of using 'van der Waals epitaxy' (vdWE) to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon [Yazeed Alaskar et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., published online 26 August 2014]. The team ...
Epiluvac AB of Lund, Sweden says that it is now offering silicon carbide (SiC) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy reactors in various configurations. As one of the most interesting semiconductor materials in electrical power ...
Meijo and Nagoya universities in Japan have developed a laser lift-off (LLO) technique for removing gallium nitride (GaN) substrates from ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency [Daisuke Iida et ...
Researchers in Singapore have reported high-frequency performance of gallium nitride (GaN) indium aluminium nitride (InAlN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on silicon substrates, including the first noise measurements [S. ...
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Researchers in Japan and USA have claimed the first experimental demonstration of higher breakdown voltage for slant field-plate (FP) gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) over convention field-plate designs ...
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The research group of professor Jairo Sinova of the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, in collaboration with researchers from the UK, Prague, and Japan, has realised for the first time a new, efficient spin-charge ...
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DALLAS – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $485,000 to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for testing water quality along the state’s Gulf Coast. The sampling results will ...
DALLAS –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $485,000 to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for testing water quality along the state’s Gulf Coast. The sampling results will ...
Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have found that a 20% tax imposed on sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) could reduce obesity in young adults. According to the data presented, the 20% price ...
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