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New Insights on True Catalytically Active Species Involved in Photocatalytic Systems

A collaboration between the Pericàs group with Prof. Timothy Noël and Dr. Paola Riente at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands), has crystallised in a Nature Communications paper where they provide key insight into the chemical nature of the true photocatalyst involved in the Bi2O3-driven atom-transfer radical addition (ATRA) reaction.

2 Feb 2021

New Semiconductor Detector can Identify Radioactive Isotopes with High Resolution

In groundbreaking new research, an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has developed a unique process for producing a quantum state that is part light and part matter.

8 Dec 2020

Light-Based Tool may Lead to Advanced Energy Technologies, Quantum Computers

According to scientists from the University of Michigan, the University of Regensburg, and the University of Marburg, an innovative tool that uses light to plot the electronic structures of crystals could demonstrate the potential of emerging quantum materials and may lead to the development of next-generation quantum computers and energy technologies.

4 Dec 2020

SUNY Poly Awarded $250K from the Semiconductor Research Corporation for Improved Uniformity of Next-Gen Photoresists

UNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today it received an award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) to fund ongoing research by Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Dr. Gregory Denbeaux, Professor of Nanobioscience Dr. Robert Brainard, and several students who seek to improve the uniformity of photoresists, a key component of the photolithography process, which is used to create computer chips layer by layer.

1 Dec 2020

New Solution Based on Circular Polarization Direction of Light to Prevent Hacking, Wiretapping

The Internet of Things (IoT) allowing smart phones, home appliances, drones and self-driving vehicles to exchange digital information in real time requires a powerful security solution, as it can have a direct impact on user safety and assets. A solution for IoT security that has been is a physical unclonable function (PUF) that can supplement software-based key security vulnerable to various attack or physical attack.

6 Nov 2020

Research Could Lead to a Breakthrough in Coherent Optical Communication

The Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate nonlinear effects in semiconductor lasers - a stepping-stone to enable next generation higher-order modulation in fibre optic networks.

14 Oct 2020

New Deposition Approach to Develop Grain-Boundary-Free Ultra-Thin Semiconductors

Moore's law is an empirical suggestion describing that the number of transistors doubles every few years in integrated circuits.

13 Oct 2020

New Breakthrough in Developing Miniaturized Organic Semiconductor

Field Effect Transistors are the core building blocks of modern electronics such as integrated circuits, computer CPUs and display backplanes.

9 Oct 2020

UNSW Researchers Create Semiconductor Qubits with Lowest Noise Level on Record

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have demonstrated the lowest noise level on record for a semiconductor quantum bit, or qubit. The research was published in Advanced Materials.

9 Oct 2020

EnPro Industries to Acquire Alluxa, Inc.

EnPro Industries, Inc., a leading technology company which uses materials science to push the boundaries of the semiconductor, life sciences, and other technology industries, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alluxa, Inc., a privately held, California-based company.

30 Sep 2020