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New Step Towards Quantum Computers
March 29, 2009 The intrinsic rotation of electrons -- the "spin" -- is a promising property for future electronics devices. If use as an information carrier were possible, the processing power of electronic ... > full story -
High-Speed Signal Mixer Demonstrates Capabilities Of Transistor Laser
March 19, 2009 Scientists have successfully demonstrated a microwave signal mixer made from a tunnel-junction transistor laser. Development of the device brings researchers a big step closer to higher speed ... > full story -
Spin Battery: Physicist Develops Battery Using New Source Of Energy
March 11, 2009 Scientists have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction. The ... > full story -
Mechanism To Increase Magnetic Response Of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Identified
February 25, 2009 When squeezed, electrons increase their ability to move around. In compounds such as semiconductors and electrical insulators, such squeezing can dramatically change the electrical- and magnetic- ... > full story -
Scientists Prove Graphene's Edge Structure Affects Electronic Properties
February 15, 2009 Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, holds remarkable promise for future nanoelectronics applications. However, whether graphene actually cuts it in industry depends upon how graphene is ... > full story -
Novel Quantum Effect, Quantum Spin Hall Effect, Directly Observed And Explained
February 12, 2009 Physicists has succeeded in gaining an in-depth insight into a most unusual phenomenon. They succeeded for the first time in directly measuring the spin of electrons in a material that exhibits the ... > full story -
Scientists Control The Spin Of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Shell States
February 5, 2009 Scientists have recently demonstrated the ability to control the spin population of the individual quantum shell states of self-assembled indium arsenide quantum dots (QDs). These results are ... > full story -
New Material Derived From Graphene May Have Many Applications In Future Electronics
February 5, 2009 Researchers have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene. Graphene, which was discovered in 2004, is a one-atom-thick crystal with unusual highly ... > full story -
Smallest Quantum Dots Ever Created
January 27, 2009 Single atom quantum dots make possible a new level of control over individual electrons, a development that suddenly brings quantum dot-based devices within reach. Composed of a single atom of ... > full story -
Light-Speed Nanotechnology: Controlling The Nature Of Graphene
January 21, 2009 Researchers have discovered a new method for controlling the nature of graphene, bringing chip manufacturers one step closer to realizing the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics. The ... > full story
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