Indian origin scientists make 24-carat gold 'snowflakes'October 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics applications, two scientists of Indian origin have developed 24-carat gold 'snowflakes'. The two scientists are Vikas Berry, a Kansas State assistant professor of chemical engineering and Kabeer Jasuja, a K-State doctoral student in chemical engineering.
A splash of graphene can improve battery materialsSeptember 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have determined that a splash of graphene can improve battery materials. Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material.
New graphite-based nano-material may herald next generation of electronic devicesSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of researchers has designed a new graphite-based, magnetic nano-material that acts as a semiconductor and could help material scientists create the next generation of electronic devices like microchips. The nano-material was designed by a team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU); Peking University in Beijing, China; the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai, China; and Tohoku University in Sedai, Japan.
Scientists use camera flash to turn insulating material into conductorAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Can camera flash actually turn an insulating material into a conductor? Yes, if Northwestern University researchers are to be believed. Lead researcher Jiaxing Huang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science have found a novel way of turning graphite oxide - a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder-into graphene, a material that conducts electricity.
Graphane may help make tiny strips of graphene needed for electronic circuitsAugust 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have explained how their discovery of graphane could make it easier for the production of tiny strips of graphene needed for electronic circuits. Graphane was discovered by Kostya Novoselov - a condensed-matter physicist from the Manchester University group.
Manipulating ripples could pave way for strain-based graphene electronicsJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from the University of California Riverside (UCR) have manipulated ripples in graphene, which would enable the development of strain-based graphene electronics. Graphene is nature's thinnest elastic material and displays exceptional mechanical and electronic properties.
New exotic material brings highly efficient computer chips closer to realityJune 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - U.S. scientists have confirmed that there exists a type of material that could one day provide dramatically faster, more efficient computer chips.
Graphene may replace copper at nanoscale widths in futureJune 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have experimentally demonstrated the advantages that graphene may have over copper for interconnects in future generations of integrated circuits. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US, report detailed analysis of resistivity in graphene nanoribbon interconnects as narrow as 18 nanometers.
Now, a memory device that may store data for 1 billion yrsMay 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have come up with a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips and that too for more than one billion years. Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton.
Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalizationMay 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has identified conditions for enabling graphene-based technology through chemical functionalization. Graphene is an atomically thin sheet of carbon that has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells.
Scientists reveal secrets of graphene's extraordinary propertiesMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new analysis, scientists have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphene, which adds new detail to help explain the extraordinary properties of the material. The analysis was done by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Large-area graphene on copper may lead to faster computers, electronicsMay 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The development of large-area graphene using copper may pave the way for faster computers and electronics, according to scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. Graphene, an atom-thick layer of carbon atoms bonded to one another in a "chickenwire" arrangement of hexagons, holds great potential for nanoelectronics, including memory, logic, analog, opto-electronic devices and potentially many others.
Simple process makes thin nanoribbons for conductive productsApril 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Rice University, US, have uncovered a room-temperature chemical process that splits carbon nanotubes to make flat nanoribbons, which can be used to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other conductive products. The technique makes it possible to produce the ultrathin ribbons in bulk quantities.
MIT findings to help design superfast microchipMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have built a microchip from graphene, a form of pure carbon, that can operate at much higher speeds than existing silicon chips. This will enable faster data transmission in mobile phones and computers.
Slimmer nanorods may revolutionise 3-D computer chip technologyMarch 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a breakthrough that can pave the way for advanced integrated 3-D chip technology. The researchers have found a new method to grow slimmer copper nanorods, which can be used as a low-temperature bonding agent for holding together the layers of next-generation 3-D integrated computer chips.
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