Silicon technology boost with graphene and 2-D materials
Silicon semiconductor technology has done marvels for the advancement of our society, which has benefited tremendously from its versatile use and amazing…
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D-Wave Speeds Up Quantum Computers Over 25 Times With Low-Noise Materials
D-Wave has made quantum annealing computing chips using different materials which reduced noise and increase speed by 25 times. The reduced noise improved…
Supercomputing helps study two-dimensional materials
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Materials scientists study and…
Quantum tricks to unveil the secrets of topological materials
Electrons are not just little spheres, bouncing through a material like a rubber ball. The laws of quantum physics tell us that electrons behave like waves. In…
Mighty morphing materials take complex shapes
Rice University scientists have created a rubbery, shape-shifting material that morphs from one sophisticated form to another on demand.The shapes…
Borophene advances as 2-D materials platform
A schematic of hexagonal networks of boron atoms (pink), which are found on the hexagonal nodes and periodically in the center of the hexagon, grown on…
Soft materials could replace silicon to cut solar cell costs | Digital…
The way a certain class of photovoltaic materials y converts sunlight into electricity could position them to replace traditional silicon…
Tying down electrons with nanoribbons | Tech Science
IMAGE: This is a scanning tunneling microscope image of a topological nanoribbon superlattice. Electrons are trapped at the interfaces…
Graphene enters the stratosphere | Tech Science
IMAGE: team led by Professor Barbaros Özyilmaz from NUS CA2DM coated a single layer of graphene on a substrate, and the experiment was…
Introducing the latest in textiles: Soft hardware | Tech Science
IMAGE: For the first time, the researchers from MIT and AFFOA have produced fibers with embedded electronics that are so flexible they can…