FinFETs are known to be an evolution of metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) featuring a semiconducting channel vertically wrapped by conformal gate electrodes. It was first proposed in 1990s in order to avoid the short cha...
Mar 10, 2020
Leiden chemists have created a new ultrathin membrane only one molecule thick. The membrane can produce a hundred times more power from seawater than the best membranes used today. The researchers have published their findings in Nature Nanotechno...
Mar 10, 2020
In the field of 2-D electronics, the norm used to be that graphene is the main protagonist and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is its insulating passive support. Researchers of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) within the Insti...
Mar 10, 2020
A zero bandgap boundary discovered in insulating hexagonal boron nitride sheets with could pave the way for new nano-electronic devices.
Mar 10, 2020
Using nano size spheres as a starting point, a researcher creates fascinating structures that can have a wide range of shapes and functionalities. They can even get a beautiful flower-like appearance, with nanowires connected by gold nanospheres.
Mar 10, 2020
Scientists designed a tunable peptide-like molecular coating that enables 3-D DNA nanostructures to maintain their structural integrity and
Mar 10, 2020
Pairing chemotherapy nanodrugs with a nutritional supplement can lessen devastating side-effects while reducing the amount of the expensive drugs needed to treat cancer according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University and Taiwan's Nationa...
Mar 10, 2020
Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find fabricable optical and nanophotonic structures. In the journal Applied Physics Reviews, Logan ...
Mar 10, 2020
Researchers have devised a way to eliminate a long-standing problem affecting our understanding of both living cells and batteries.
Mar 9, 2020
Ultrathin carbon nanotubes crystals could have wonderous uses, like converting waste heat into electricity with near-perfect efficiency, and engineers have taken a big step toward that goal.
Mar 9, 2020
