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An Easy Way to See the World's Thinnest Material
December 23, 2009 Scientists have used the dye fluorescein to create a new imaging technique to view ... > full story -
Water Droplets Shape Graphene Nanostructures
December 17, 2009 A team of chemists reports the ability to bend and reshape graphene, opening up the possibility of forming new and novel devices in the nanoscale. They use an everyday household ingredient to perform ... > full story -
Single-Atom Transistor Discovered
December 6, 2009 Researchers have succeeded in building a working transistor, whose active region composes only of a single phosphorus atom in ... > full story -
Researchers Put a New Spin on Atomic Musical Chairs
December 2, 2009 Researchers have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal, a technique that will enable researchers to selectively implant atoms in a crystal one at a time to ... > full story -
Breakthrough in 'Spintronics' Could Lead to Energy Efficient Chips
November 27, 2009 Scientists have succeeded in transferring magnetic information directly into a semiconductor. For the first time, this is achieved at room temperature. This breakthrough brings the development of a ... > full story -
Polymer With Honeycomb Structure: Scientists Synthesize Graphene-Like Material
November 20, 2009 Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by ... > full story -
Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed
November 17, 2009 First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably ... > full story -
Researchers Find Reliable, Mess-Free Way to Grow Graphene
November 13, 2009 Single layers of carbon atoms, called graphene sheets, are lightweight, strong, electrically semi-conducting -- and notoriously difficult and expensive to make. Now, scientists have invented a simple ... > full story -
New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors, More Powerful Chips
November 10, 2009 Researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create faster and more ... > full story -
Capturing Those In-Between Moments: Timing Problem In Molecular Modeling Solved
November 4, 2009 A theoretical physicist has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible. The method ... > full story
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