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Nanoscale computer chips set to invade your cells (Engadget)
If you’ve followed the progression of CPU tech you’ve surely learned that improving nanoscale chip fabrication of processors is the key to success these days. Smaller transistors means more speed in any given chip — or smaller chips of the same speed, an idea that has some researchers pondering what would happen if you... »
Carbon semiconductors clear CMOS hurdle (EETimes)
With a one-step graphene doping process, Georgia Tech claims to have paved the way to carbon-based transistors that adhere to the CMOS architecture. Semiconductor - Graphene - IBM - Electronics - Business (read here…) Related items Single-Step Doping Process Developed for Graphene (Newswise) Qatar-based expert makes device for cancer treatment (The Peninsula) UC work may lead to better bug... »
Researchers uncover recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) — Carbon nanotubes hold promise for delivering medicine directly to a tumor; acting as sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron; replacing costly platinum in fuel cells; or as energy-saving transistors and wires, but building them with the right structure has been a challenge. (read here…) Related items Carbon nanotubes... »
Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube ‘Growth’ Promising For Future Electronics (TestandMeasurement.com)
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional silicon-based transistors… (read here…) Related items Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube ‘Growth’ Promising For Future Electronics (Science Daily) Better control of carbon nanotube ‘growth’ promising for future electronics... »
Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube ‘Growth’ Promising For Future Electronics (redOrbit)
Image Caption: Researchers have learned how to more fully control the formation of carbon nanotubes so that they have either metallic or semiconducting properties. The findings could help overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use the tiny structures to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional... »
