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New Ultrafast Tunable Semiconductor Metamaterial Based on Gallium Arsenide Nanoparticles

Nature Communications has recently published a report on the development of an ultrafast tunable metamaterial, based on gallium arsenide nanoparticles, by an international team of Researchers from Moscow State University (Russia), Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque (USA) and Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany).

18 May 2017

Scientists Discover Unique Properties of Strontium Niobate

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently unearthed distinctive characteristics of strontium niobate. Strontium niobate is a peculiar semiconductor that exhibits photocatalytic activity as well as metallic type conduction.

16 May 2017

Scientists Develop Virtually Freely Suspended Semiconductors

Organic semiconductor nanosheets, that can be effortlessly removed from a growth substrate and then placed on other substrates, have been recently developed by Scientists at LMU Munich and FSU Jena. This new development prevents the need for error-prone evaporation deposition, printing or drop casting.

9 May 2017

Research Group Proposes a Theoretical Strategy to Materialize Topological Superconductor

The experimental discovery of ultrathin graphene, for which two Cambridge researchers earned the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010, has redefined materials research.

12 Apr 2017

ON Semiconductor Extends Leading Image Sensor Portfolio for Sub-Lux Imaging Applications

The latest IT-EMCCD image sensors from ON Semiconductor offer improved sensitivity and resolution, ideal for medical, scientific, and surveillance applications.

11 Apr 2017

Researchers Establish Silicon's Exotic Phase "Si-III" as True Semiconductor

The importance of silicon cannot be overestimated especially with regards to solar energy, computing, and other technological applications. Element number 14 is also abundantly available in the Earth’s crust, and there is more to explore about how to harness its properties.

5 Apr 2017

Helical Semiconductors Could Move Holograms in Future

A smartphone display producing moving, holographic 3D images must also be able to twist the light it emits.

30 Mar 2017

Coffee-Ring Pattern in Semiconductor Droplet Leads to High-Quality Polycrystal Semiconductors

Customized polycrystals that can be used for fabricating highly versatile and faster semiconductors have been developed, due to an accidental observation of crystals that formed a mark similar to the stain left by a coffee cup on a table.

6 Mar 2017

New Method for Sensing Internal Electric Fields Within Operating Semiconductor Devices

A majority of electronic devices that surround us have semiconductors at its core. Correct functioning of semiconductor devices depends upon its internally produced electric fields.

3 Feb 2017

STMicroelectronics Advances Single-Chip Telematics/Connectivity Processors to Support Future Connected-Driving Services

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has boosted performance and security in its latest Telemaco processors tailored to support richer connected-driving services.

12 Jan 2017

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