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Artistic representation of electrons funneling into high-quality areas of perovskite material. Credit: Alex T. at Ella Maru Studios Researchers from the University of Cambridge have…
Princeton researchers created the world’s purest sample of gallium arsenide, a semiconductor used in specialized systems such as satellites. This photo shows the sample wired…
Ruonan Han seeks to push the limits of electronic circuits. Ruonan Han’s research is driving up the speeds of microelectronic circuits to enable new applications…
A superconducting silicon chip is used as an untrusted relay server for secure quantum communication. By harnessing the unique low-dead-time feature of the waveguide integrated…
Artist’s conception of the epitaxial growth of a chalcogenide perovskite thin film. The material represents a new family of semiconductors. Credit: Felice Frankel Ultrastable and…
A new method of quantum dot fabrication has been demonstrated by making use of intrinsic defects in LED materials. Through the formation of pyramids, localized…
Depiction of the application of organic semiconductor nanotubes in artificial muscle. Credit: Artwork courtesy of Mohammad Reza Abidian Actuator Discovery Outperforms Existing Technology University of…
SUTD researchers show how a newly discovered family of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are more energy-efficient thanks to the presence of a built-in atomic protection layer.…
A laser heats up ultra-thin bars of silicon. Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA A team of physicists at CU Boulder has solved the mystery behind a perplexing…
Fueled faster, better computing for decades, ever-increasing silicon chip density nears physical limit. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on “Moore’s Law”…
The tiny specs of matter called quantum dots can be tuned to emit light in specific wavelengths. That’s just one quality that makes them valuable…
Schematic of InAs lattice in contact with a nanoantenna array that bends incoming light so it is tightly confined around the shallow surface of the…
The monolayer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is sandwiched between two protective layers of boron nitride (hBN), with molybdenum rhenium (MoRe) contacts extending through the upper…
A cartoon schematic of a silicon heterojunction solar cell and it’s photo-generated charges. The numbers correspond to three of the major electrical noise signals identified…
Year after year, the explosive growth of computing power relies on manufacturers’ ability to fit more and more components into the same amount of space…
Artist’s concept illustration of electrically controlled optical frequency combs at wafer scale. Credit: Brian Long Fifteen years ago, UC Santa Barbara electrical and materials professor…
Quantifying electric fields in semiconductor devices: The schematic shows electric field distribution in the channel of a GaN transistor; laser beams highlight the second harmonic…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can theoretically achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than existing…