The Semiconductor Research Corporation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have awarded UT Austin a $7.8 million nanoelectronics award.
Electronics
Single atom contacts between gold and graphene
Scientists at Aalto University and Utrecht University have created single atom contacts between gold and graphene nanoribbons.
Team controls magnetism in graphene
Graphene can be made magnetic and its magnetism switched on and off very simply, opening a new avenue towards electronics with very low energy consumption.
Paper and textiles can be processed into flexible electronics
Korean researchers develop a new process for rendering paper and textile fibers conductive with aluminum.
Nanoscale heat dissipation now better understood
An international research team has shown the unique ways in which heat dissipates at the tiniest scales.
Washington spinoff could make cheaper, greener LEDs
Researchers at the University of Washington have created a material to make LED bulbs cheaper and greener to manufacture, driving down the price.
Two insulating perovskites conduct when together
Lanthanum aluminum oxide and strontium titanium oxide make conducting system when sandwiched together – Stanford researchers have investigated why.
Texas Instruments outline plans for Chengdu investment
Operational investment could total up to $1.69 billion over the next 15 years and potentially include facilities, manufacturing equipment and land.
Molybdenum disulfide making 2D electronics possible
Rice, Oak Ridge labs make semiconducting films for atom-thick circuits.
Investigating magnetism in iron-based superconductors
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered surprising changes in electrical resistivity in iron-based superconductors.
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