A roundup of news from the past week in the materials science industry.
Electronics
Europewide challenge to Moore's law begins
New pan-european research projects aims to extend Moore’s law by reducing costs and improve the energy efficiency of electronic devices.
Vanadium dioxide holds the key to spintronic smart sensors
Researchs integrate vanadium oxide onto a silicon chip, paving the way for multifunctional spintronic smart sensors and next-generation spintronic devices.
A new class of graphene-based electronics?
Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device.
Integrating electronics with cells to detect bacteria
Device made of organic transistor integrated with a human intestinal cell-line successfully detects Salmonella typhimurium.
Polymers in Boston at the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting
Polymer scientists at the 2013 MRS Fall meeting in Boston brought another year of materials science research to a close with a bang.
This week in the materials industry: January 31st 2014
Headlines from the last seven days of materials science industry news.
iCVD: a versatile technique for surface science
Initiator chemical vapour deposition (iCVD) is an elegant and versatile technique with applications ranging from biotechnology to microelectronics.
Micro-windmills energise cellphones, business interest
1.8mm wind turbines could be used to power cellphones, microelectronics, and have attracted the interested of WindMEMS.
Another step towards molecular computing: stepwise control of MTJs
Researchers have achieved the first photo/electro co-modulation of molecular transport junctions based on chemically fabricated nanogaps.
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