Dietary fibre purifies carbon nanotubes
15 November, 2019The method could be upscaled for manufacturing purified batches of single-wall carbon nanotubes for use in high-performance electronic devices.
Instabilities found on common semiconductor material
13 November, 2019It turns out that the surface of a commonly used compound semiconductor material — gallium arsenide (GaAs) — is not as stable as previously thought.
Silicon III-V chips could be commercially manufactured
11 November, 2019Researchers have announced a commercially viable way to manufacture integrated Silicon III-V chips with high-performance III-V devices inserted into their design.
Sound waves control quantum information in a single electron
01 November, 2019Researchers sent high-frequency sound waves across a modified semiconductor device to direct the behaviour of a single electron, with efficiencies in excess of 99%.
A new candidate for n‑type semiconductors
24 September, 2019Scientists have produced a novel organic substance that can potentially be adapted to form an n-type semiconductor, with wide-ranging applications in the field of electronics.
Semiconducting polymers could be used in organic electronics
20 August, 2019Scientists have modified a previous synthesis method to create a new semiconducting polymer with remarkable properties that could be used in organic electronic devices.
Electrical gating visualised in microelectronic devices
24 July, 2019Physicists have developed a new technique to measure the energy and momentum of electrons in operating microelectronic devices made of atomically thin, two-dimensional materials.
Renesas Electronics RV1S9x60A photocouplers
24 July, 2019Renesas Electronics has announced the RV1S9x60A family of 15 Mbps photocouplers, designed to withstand the harsh operating environments of industrial and factory automation equipment.
Ultrafast semiconductor devices exploit photoelectric effect
22 July, 2019Researchers have created an ultrafast and highly sensitive 'avalanche photodiode' (APD) that generates less electronic noise than its silicon rivals.
High-frequency transmission line based on graphene
14 May, 2019South Korean researchers have developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with a faster operating speed than those using existing metals.
Australian researchers create artificial graphene
16 April, 2019A combination of nanofabrication techniques and conventional semiconductor materials has been used to engineer an artificial version of graphene — one which can be manufactured on an industrial scale.
Stacking 2D materials changes their properties
20 March, 2019When two atomically thin materials like graphene are stacked on top of each other, their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges.
New material to replace silicon-based power electronics
30 January, 2019In the foreseeable future, electronic components based on silicon will no longer be able to meet industrial requirements.
Doubling the efficiency of organic electronics
17 January, 2019Researchers have made a breakthrough in efficiency that has the potential to benefit technologies including OLED displays, plastic-based solar cells and bioelectronics.
Part-organic semiconductor could enable bendable phones
08 October, 2018A new semiconductor can convert electricity into light very efficiently — and is thin and flexible enough to help make mobile phones bendable.
