Si wafer shipments reach record high in 1Q 2017
Silicon wafer shipments increased by 3.4% during 1Q 2017 over 4Q 2016 reaching their highest recorded quarterly level and defying…
GaN transistors boost PV inverter efficiency
650V GaN transistors deliver performance five times better than silicon or silicon carbide products.
Quantum transport goes ballistic for future computers
The technique fires electrons through nanowire without being scattered until they hit the opposed electrode, IBM researchers say.
Etching enables mass production of 2D conductor
Layers of MXenes can be combined to engineer ultrathin electronics, sensors, batteries, supercapacitors and catalysts, researchers say.
Light pulse flips magnetic memory cell at record speed
Magnetic tunnel junction is critical to advances beyond Moore’s law, but there is a limitation on how fast the material's…
Setting new record speed for magnetic tunnel junction
The recent advancement establishes a new means of communication between fibre optics and magnetic devices, according to researchers.
On-chip laser paves way for scalable quantum computer
The new type of laser is made entirely from superconductors, making it very energy efficient and more stable than previous…
How charge cycles affect sodium battery performance
Charge and discharge cycles degrade sodium-ion batteries' performance, but little was known about their degradation mechanisms. Until now.
Thin material shows spectral shift with 15mW power
A modulation of chiroptical responses from metamaterials by manipulating input power paves way for new types of active optics, researchers…
Resist-based material targets EUV lithography use
The resist is molecular rather than polymeric and brings a number of benefits compared with other chemically accelerated resists.