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Technology Research News September 8, 2004 |
Nano Memory Scheme Handles Defects Nanoscale electronics devices promise ultra-high speed at ultra-low power, but have a fairly high defect rate. Architectures designed to guide their use must take this into account. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
'Chemical soldering' heralds single molecule electronics Scientists in Japan and Switzerland have demonstrated how to wire up single molecules with conductive nanowires. |
Technology Research News June 30, 2004 |
Method tests molecular devices Components made from molecules are likely to be smaller than those that can be made using today's chip fabrication methods, and they can potentially self-assemble, which would make for inexpensive manufacturing processes. |
Chemistry World August 23, 2012 Yuandi Li |
Reversible photoswitch a boost for molecular electronics A team of international scientists has made a photocontrollable device, which, they say, shows potential for application in nanocircuits and helps the understanding of electrical conduction in molecular electronics. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 Neil Savage |
Graphene Could Make Nonvolatile Molecular Memory European researchers build graphene-based switches |
Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Emma Stoye |
First flexible graphene display paves the way for folding electronics The first flexible display device based on graphene has been unveiled by scientists in the UK, who say it is the first step on the road towards next generation gadgets that can be folded, rolled or crumpled up without cracking the screen. |
Technology Research News March 9, 2005 |
Nanotubes Boost Molecular Devices Researchers have constructed an extremely small transistor from a pair of single-walled carbon nanotubes and organic molecules. The tiny transistor could eventually be used in ultra-low-power electronics. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Chemical Computing Creates World's Densest Data Storage Medium A vital piece of nanoelectronic circuitry has been produced which could bring molecular computers a step closer. |
Technology Research News March 24, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Molecular logic proposed Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University College London in England have devised a scheme for designing logic circuits within individual molecules. |
Technology Research News June 18, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Prefab key to molecular memory Nano-devices promise to use molecules as super-fast computer circuits, store fantastic amounts of information in a minuscule area and sense minute amounts of chemicals and biological materials. Researchers have brought these possibilities a step closer. |
Chemistry World December 23, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Opening the gate for molecular electronics Chemists in Korea and the US have shown that the current running through a transistor made of a single molecule can be regulated by tweaking its molecular orbital energies. |
Technology Research News October 20, 2004 |
Molecules positioned on silicon Dubbed multi-step feedback control lithography, this new fabrication process could eventually be used to construct prototype molecular electronic devices for future technologies in areas like consumer electronics and biomedical diagnostics. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2006 |
Single Molecule Makes Electronic Switch A single molecule, trapped between two electrodes, acts as a switch and has a `memory' of the type used in data storage, researchers have found. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Neil Savage |
Graphene's New Rival Molybdenum disulfide helps graphene transistors work better -- and it makes good nanocircuits on its own, too |
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled. |
Chemistry World September 29, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
Graphene band gap heralds new electronics Scientists in the US and France have produced graphene with a record high band gap of half an electronvolt (0.5 eV), which they claim is sufficient to produce useful graphene transistors. |
CIO May 15, 2001 John Edwards |
Upholding Moore's Law What's .03 microns long and can be turned on and off 10 billion times a second? It's a new transistor that has the potential to keep Moore's Law on the books for at least several more years... |
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 James Urquhart |
Throwing light on molecular logic gates The multifunctional molecule, which can be reconfigured by light, could be used in data storage devices and biomedicine, including nanoparticle tracking and drug delivery. |
Chemistry World December 13, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Scientists unveil tiniest switch Researchers in Germany claim to have created the world's smallest molecular switch, relying on the movement of just a single proton. |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 |
DNA part makes transistor Researchers from the University of Lecce in Italy and the University of Bologna in Italy have produced a transistor made from a derivative of one of the four bases that make up DNA. |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2002 Patricia Panchak |
Technologies Of The Year -- Molecular Electronics Hewlett-Packard breakthrough could extend limits of silicon chips. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
First Graphene Transistors May Herald Future of Electronic Chips Researchers claim to have created the world's first practical transistors cut from ribbons of graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms. |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Nanowires boost plastic circuits The move is on to develop flexible, cheap, plastic electronics, but so far organic circuits have fallen far short of silicon chip performance. Researchers from the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Germany have moved the field forward with a new way to make flexible transistors. |
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
DNA assembles nanotube transistor Scientists have caused a transistor to self-assemble from a test tube concoction of DNA, proteins, antibodies, carbon nanotubes and minuscule specks of silver and gold. The feat shows that it is possible to assemble the smallest of machines and electronic devices by harnessing DNA's properties. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Sung & Lee |
Graphene: The Ultimate Switch Graphene could replace the transistor with switches that steer electrons just like beams of light |
Chemistry World January 25, 2012 Kate McAlpine |
Conjuring graphene oxide from thin air Researchers on the hunt for a better way to recycle carbon dioxide have turned it into graphene oxide. |
Chemistry World February 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Organic Electricity Generator is Hot Stuff Researchers have successfully demonstrated the thermoelectric effect in an organic molecule. The findings open up the possibility of potential new energy sources, and also present a novel way for probing the electronic structure of molecular junctions. |
Wired July 2000 Rick Overton |
Molecular Electronics Will Change Everything The Next Big Thing is very, very small. Picture trillions of transistors, processors so fast their speed is measured in terahertz, infinite capacity, zero cost. It's the dawn of a new technological revolution - and the death of silicon. Can you say Thiophene Ethynylene Valley? |
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Liu et al. |
MEMS Switches for Low-Power Logic A modern twist on a trusted old technology -- the electromechanical relay -- could lead to ultralow-power chips |
Chemistry World August 29, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Rigid molecular wires make electrons fly Researchers in Germany and Japan have shown that a new type of organic molecular wire -- which is flat and rigid -- can transfer electrons at more than 800 times the speed of its conventional, flexible counterpart. |
Chemistry World November 10, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Biodegradable electronics dissolve after use Christopher Bettinger and Zhenan Bao from Stanford University in California, US, set out to fabricate a biodegradable and biocompatible transistor. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2006 Jessica Ebert |
Nanotube Photoconductors Japanese researchers report the construction of a molecule that self-assembles into nano-sized tubes which generate a current when irradiated. The nanotubes could serve as building blocks for future nanoscale photovoltaics, electronics, and photo-detectors. |
Technology Research News January 26, 2005 |
Plastic Memory Retains Data Researchers in Austria have borrowed a technique from audio recording technology to fashion a new type of computer memory made from organic, or plastic materials. |
Chemistry World March 27, 2015 James Urquhart |
Graphene sandwich turns water square Sandwiching water between two sheets of graphene leads to it freezing at room temperature to form two-dimensional square ice crystals, a hitherto unknown phase of ice. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Neil Savage |
One Graphene Device Makes Three Amplifiers Logic device could be even more multipurpose |
Chemistry World January 26, 2012 David Bradley |
Leaky graphene oxide lets water pour through UK researchers have created a graphene-based membrane that allows water through but not helium. |
Scientific American February 2009 Steven Ashley |
Graphene Electronics Inches Closer to Mass Production These carbon nanosheets are considered the future of smaller, faster and cheaper electronics |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Plastic transistors go vertical Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have brought inexpensive, practical organic transistors a step closer to your grocery cart by devising a pair of processes that form small, vertical transistors from layers of printed polymer. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd |
A Nanometer-Scale Etch A Sketch Scientists use a microscope to write and erase nanowires. |
Chemistry World June 17, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Back to carbon black Scientists in Singapore have discovered the potential of a readily available material that could be used to replace expensive graphene analogues in a wide range of electrochemical processes. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Joachim N. Burghartz |
Make Way for Flexible Silicon Chips We need them because thin, pliable organic semiconductors are too slow to serve in tomorrow's chips. Seamless integration of computing into everyday objects isn't quite here yet. |
Technology Research News January 12, 2005 |
Branchy Molecules Make Precise Pores Researchers have found a way to coax a material containing microscopic pores to assemble from two very different types of molecules. The material could be used as packaging material for microscopic electronics, to store gases, and to deliver tiny amounts of drugs to very specific places. |
Chemistry World January 30, 2011 Mike Brown |
Electrons charge down DNA molecular wire US researchers have shown for the first time that a 34nm long DNA strand can be used as a molecular wire to conduct electricity. |
Scientific American August 2006 Mihail C. Roco |
Nanotechnology's Future Over the next two decades, this new field for controlling the properties of matter will rise to prominence through four evolutionary stages. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
First graphene touchscreen Researchers in Korea and Japan have fabricated films of graphene - planar sheets of carbon one atom thick - measuring tens of centimetres. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Flexible electronics get even more bendy Researchers in Switzerland have developed a method to create electronic membranes that are thin and flexible enough to wrap around a human hair. |
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Tiny pumps drive liquid circuits Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories have combined microfluidics and organic electronics to make a tunable plastic transistor that could enable low-cost methods to drive, control and monitor labs-on-a-chip. The device can also use tiny amounts of fluid to adjust optical devices. |
Chemistry World August 17, 2015 Jennifer Newton |
Molecular Sierpinski triangles get stability upgrade A team in China has constructed fractal triangles on the molecular scale and this time, they're much more robust. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Jon Cartwright |
Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas. |