Tag: Thin Films
Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts
Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a...
Holy Grail of Room Temperature Quantum Computing Chips
To process information, photons must interact. However, these tiny packets of light want nothing to do with each other, each passing by without altering...
Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips
A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically less power...
Smart polymers may one day cure cancer
TSUKUBA, IBARAKI PREF. - Mitsuhiro Ebara believes plastic sheets called “smart polymers” may one day prove to be a cheap solution to curing cancer.
Cancer...
Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that polymers could play a key role in the fabrication of single-molecule...
Researchers harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization
Since the 2003 discovery of the single-atom-thick carbon material known as graphene, there has been significant interest in other types of 2-D materials as...
Thin films for more efficient solar cells
The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by thin-film contacts developed by researchers at KAUST.
Improving the performance of solar cells requires scrutinizing every...
Flexible electronics made from exotic materials – MIT
Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon.
The vast majority of computing devices today are made from silicon, the second most abundant...
New polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it
Polymers are usually the go-to material for thermal insulation. Think of a silicone oven mitt, or a Styrofoam coffee cup, both manufactured from polymer...
Engineering 3-D mesostructures with mechanically active materials
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have expansive applications in biotechnology and advanced engineering with growing interest in materials science and engineering due to their potential in...
