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| Strain-Gating Piezotronics: Researchers Create New Class of Piezoelectric Logic Devices Using Zinc Oxide Nanowires | 2 sept. 2010 |
| Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new class of electronic logic device in which current is switched by an electric field generated by the application of mechanical strain to zinc oxide nanowires.The devices, which include transistors and diodes, could be used in nanometer-scale robotics, nano-electromechanical systems ... |
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| Extreme darkness: Carbon nanotube forest covers NIST's ultra-dark detector | 17 août 2010 |
| NIST will use the new ultra-dark detector, described in a new paper in Nano Letters,* to make precision laser power measurements for advanced technologies such as optical communications, laser-based manufacturing, solar energy conversion, and industrial and satellite-borne sensors. |
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| RESEARCHERS SUCCESSFULLY TEST NEW ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS | 10 août 2010 |
| Researchers at Ohio State University have demonstrated the first plastic computer memory device that utilizes the spin of electrons to read and write data. |
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| Flexible Touch Screen Made with Printed Graphene | 21 juin 2010 |
| Spurred on by the potential of graphen for application in new devices like touch screens and solar cells, researchers have been toying with ways to make large sheets of pure graphene, for example by shaving off atom-thin flakes and chemically dissolving chunks of graphite oxide. |
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| Institut Leibniz IFW : le silicium devient un isolant thermique | 17 juin 2010 |
| Des scientifiques ont réussi à modifier les caractéristiques du silicium pour qu'il devienne un isolant thermique. Cette avancée promet de nombreuses applications pour l'industrie des semi-conducteurs, très friande en silicium. Le silicium pourrait notamment servir à refroidir les composants électriques ou à transformer en électricité les pertes énergétiques des processeurs, ... |
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