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Toward Quantum Computing on Silicon-on-Insulator Platform
Feb 6, 2016Researchers in France believe they have made preliminary steps towards establishing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform for quantum information processing. Quantum information processing ...
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Jairo Sinova Realised for The First Time a New, Efficient Spin-Charge Converter
Sep 3, 2014The 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 ...
Tags: Spin-Charge Converter, GaAs, Electronics
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Photovoltaic Spray Paint Could Coat The Windows and Walls of The Future
Mar 11, 2014(Phys.org) —Photovoltaic spray paint could coat the windows and walls of the future if scientists are successful in developing low-cost, flexible solar cells based on organic polymers. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak ...
Tags: Organic Solar Cells, Heavy Hydrogen, Solar
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Topological Insulators Are The Key to Future Spintronics Technologies
Feb 26, 2014Topological insulators are the key to future spintronics technologies. EPFL scientists have unraveled how these strange materials work, overcoming one of the biggest obstacles on the way to next-generation applications. Spintronics is an ...
Tags: EPFL, Future Electronic, Material, Physical Review Letters
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The Discovery of What Is Essentially a 3D Version of Graphene
Jan 16, 2014The discovery of what is essentially a 3D version of graphene – the 2D sheets of carbon through which electrons race at many times the speed at which they move through silicon - promises exciting new things to come for the high-tech ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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"The Interface Is The Device," Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Famously Observed
Jan 15, 2014"The interface is the device," Nobel laureate Herbert Kroemer famously observed, referring to the remarkable properties to be found at the junctures where layers of different materials meet. In today's burgeoning world of nanotechnology, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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A Breakthrough for The Field of Spintronics, a New Type of Technology
Jan 15, 2014A breakthrough for the field of Spintronics, a new type of technology which it is widely believed could be the basis of a future revolution in computing, has been announced by scientists in Cambridge. The research, reported in Nature ...
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An Exotic Material for Making Thin, Flexible Light-Based Electronics
Jan 13, 2014Scientists from SLAC, Stanford and Berkeley Lab grew sheets of an exotic material in a single atomic layer and measured its electronic structure for the first time. They discovered it's a natural fit for making thin, flexible light-based ...
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In a New Study,a Bandgap Can Be Opened in Graphene
Dec 19, 2013Despite graphene's many impressive properties, its lack of a bandgap limits its use in electronic applications. In a new study, scientists have theoretically shown that a bandgap can be opened in graphene by folding 2D graphene sheets ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics
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IEDM Issued a Call for Papers Seeking Original Work in Microelectronics Research
May 6, 2013The 59th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has issued a Call for Papers seeking original work in microelectronics research and development. The paper submission deadline is Monday, June 24, 2013 at 23:59 p.m. Pacific ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, IEDM
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A 3D Spintronics IC Built at Cambridge University Could Increase Chip Density
Feb 4, 2013A 3D spintronics IC built at Cambridge University could increase chip density by 1000 times. The technique uses an electron’s spin to store data. This is the first time a spintronics device has been built in 3D. The chip is built ...
Tags: 3D spintronics IC, electron, data storing
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a Consortium Are Handing out US$194 Million
Jan 22, 2013The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a consortium of top semiconductor companies are handing out US$194 million to universities for research that addresses the physical limitations of semiconductors and chips. The ...
Tags: U.S.Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, semiconductor, chips
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IBM Researchers Are Claiming a Huge Breakthrough in Spintronics
Dec 26, 2012In a paper set to be published this week in the scientific journal Nature, IBM researchers are claiming a huge breakthrough in spintronics, a technology that could significantly boost capacity and lower power use of memory and storage ...
Tags: IBM, breakthrough, spintronics, memory and storage devices
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Super Low Power Chips Were Pointed by IBM Research in Zurich
Aug 14, 2012IBM is working with scientists at ETH Zurich to demonstrate the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix in a semiconductor.This has implications for the use of electron spins for storing,transporting and ...
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IBM Research and Solid State Physics Laboratory developed a new method
Aug 11, 2012IBM Research and the Solid State Physics Laboratory at ETH Zurich have developed a new method in which the spin lifetime of electrons is extended by 30 times to 1.1 nanoseconds IBM Research and the Solid State Physics Laboratory at ETH ...
Tags: IBM, electrons, semiconductor