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Material could bring optical communication onto silicon chips

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Ultrathin films of a semiconductor that emits and detects light can be stacked on top of silicon wafers.

Oct 23, 2017

Carbon Nanotubes Make Big Push in Plasmonic Circuits

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Plasmonic interconnect circuits represent first step towards carbon nanotube-based CMOS integrated circuits

Oct 20, 2017

Carbon Nanotubes Make Big Push in Plasmonic Circuits

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Plasmonic interconnect circuits represent first step towards carbon nanotube-based CMOS integrated circuits

Oct 20, 2017

Adding Wrinkles to Graphene Just Got Easier

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A new process offers greater precision and tunability in adding creases to graphene to improve its electronic properties

Oct 6, 2017

Adding Wrinkles to Graphene Just Got Easier

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A new process offers greater precision and tunability in adding creases to graphene to improve its electronic properties

Oct 6, 2017

Paper-Based Supercapacitor Uses Metal Nanoparticles to Boost Energy Density | Research Horizons

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Using a simple layer-by-layer coating technique, researchers from the U.S. and Korea have developed a paper-based flexible supercapacitor that could be used to help power wearable devices. The device uses metallic nanoparticles to coat ce...

Oct 6, 2017

Fight Against Top Killer, Clogged Arteries, Garners Acclaimed NIH Award | Research Horizons

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No disorder appears to kill more people than atherosclerosis, the foremost cause of coronary artery disease and stroke. Formerly hopeful experimental treatments to fight it with "good cholesterol," or HDL, have failed. New research reapp...

Oct 5, 2017

Plasmonics Enables Sensing on Demand

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Plasmonic nanostructures let infrared sensors turn themselves on and off

Sep 14, 2017

Flip-Flop Qubit Could Make Silicon the King of Quantum Computing

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A quantum computing breakthrough could rival the superconducting approach favored by Google and IBM

Sep 13, 2017

Majorana Particles Grab the Limelight and Remain Center Stage

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Majorana particles may not only form the basis of qubits, but lead to a new type of fundamental particle

Sep 8, 2017

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