Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that in polysilicon production the crucible angular speed affects the oxygen concentration near the crucible wall, which in turn affects the wafers’ mechanical ...

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential ...

Vapor growth -- 1. Theory of crystal growth from the vapor -- 2. Metals -- 3. Organic compounds -- 4. Sulfides -- 5. Silicon -- 6. Silicon carbide -- 7. Ice -- Precipitation from liquid -- 8.

(Nanowerk News) True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this trajectory is predicted to soon plateau because silicon — the backbone of ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered how to "draw" on demand the crystals used in many crucial ...

Doing anything that requires measurements in nanometers is pretty difficult, and seems like it would require some pretty sophisticated equipment. But when the task at hand is growing oxide layers on ...

Engineers fabricated 2D materials that could lead to next-generation transistors and electronic films. True to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the ...