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Imec demonstrates implant-free quantum-well SiGe pFETs for future high-performance CMOS architectures

Imec announces that it has successfully fabricated implant-free quantum-well (IF-QW) pFETs with an embedded silicon-germanium (SiGe) source/drain. These devices show an excellent short channel control and a record logic performance.

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Engineers control light propagation in photonic chips

Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to slow photons down and fully control light dispersion. They have shown that it is possible for light (electromagnetic waves) to propagate from point A to point B without accumulating any phase, spreading through the artificial medium as if the medium is completely missing in space. This is the first time simultaneous phase and zero-index observations have been made on the chip-scale and at the infrared wavelength.

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U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium showcases collaborative model at Intersolar 2011

Pioneering partnership between the UAlbany NanoCollege and SEMATECH will lead national push to accelerate solar energy research, development and manufacturing.

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Imec demonstrates 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic for low-power mobile applications

Imec and its 3D integration partners have proven the potential of 3D integration of a commercial DRAM chip on top of a logic IC for next-generation low-power mobile applications. Imec's applied 3D EDA (electronic design automation) tools including thermal models have proven to be valuable means to design next-generation 3D stacked ICs.

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Imec broadens EUV mask integrity research program with SUSS MicroTec

Imec today announced that it has broadened its research program with SUSS MicroTec to develop an in-fab approach to EUV (Extreme Ultra-Violet) mask integrity. The extended collaboration builds on the success of the mask cleaning processes of record collaboration between HamaTech APE GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SUSS MicroTec, and imec, which started in 2009.

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Scientists drag light by slowing it to speed of sound

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have, for the first time, been able to drag light by slowing it down to the speed of sound and sending it through a rotating crystal.

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Polymer actuators with shape memory for cell biology and photovoltaics

An electroactive polymers that remembers its shape has potential applications in cell biology and organic solar cells.

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In search of longer-lasting energy

Seventeen partners from eight European countries work on ORION (Ordered inorganic-organic hybrids using ionic liquids for Emerging applications), funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the EU. Coordinated by CIDETEC (Centre for Electrochemical Technologies) in the Basque Country, the project aims to explore possible combinations of organic and inorganic materials designed to provide better photovoltaic solar panels and batteries that store energy more efficiently.

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Topological Insulators: Getting defects under control

Charge density in topological insulators can be tuned through defect control alone.

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Carbon nanofibers on graphene make promising high-performance electrode materials

The growth of carbon nanofibers on graphene sheets by chemical vapor deposition shows promise for producing high-performance electrode materials.

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Scientists develop a procedure for efficient separation and characterization of gold nanoparticles

Scientists working within the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (JRC-IHCP) developed a procedure for the efficient separation, size determination, chemical characterization and quantification of the relative number of particles of different size starting from complex gold nanoparticle mixtures.

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While you're up, print me a solar cell

New MIT-developed materials make it possible to produce photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric, nearly as simply as printing a document.

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New generation of nanomaterials control and direct the energy absorbed from light

University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from light.

July 10, 2011 Read more

Light propagation controlled in photonic chips - major breakthrough in telecommunications field

Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to engineer the index of refraction and fully control light dispersion. They have shown that it is possible for light (electromagnetic waves) to propagate from point A to point B without accumulating any phase, spreading through the artificial medium as if the medium is completely missing in space. This is the first time simultaneous phase and zero-index observations have been made on the chip-scale and at the infrared wavelength.

July 10, 2011 Read more

Pittcon 2012 announces call for topics for conferee networking sessions

The Pittsburgh Conference announced its annual Call for Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions for Pittcon 2012, which will be held March 11-15, 2012, in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center.

July 9, 2011 Read more

Nanocrystal transformers

Berkeley Lab researchers observe structural transformations in single nanocrystals.

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