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An Overview of Magnetron Sputtering and its Applications in Thin Film Growth
A new low-temperature growth and fabrication technology allows the integration of 2D materials directly onto a silicon circuit, which could lead to denser and more powerful chips.
Thanks to a novel combination of cryogenic transmission electron tomography and deep learning, EPFL researchers have provided a first look at the nanostructure of platinum catalyst layers, revealing how they could be optimized for fuel cell efficiency.
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Semiconductors have become an integral part of our modern lives that relies heavily on electronics, serving as the foundation for a wide range of such devices, from smartphones and computers to medical equipment, automotive applications, and renewable energy systems.
Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) is a powerful and versatile technique that has been widely adopted in various industries including semiconductor manufacturing, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanotechnology.
Nanofabrication technique, using holes to create vacuum guides, breaks a barrier in optics
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A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.
The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). Such power sources must be both stretchy and high-performance, holding up under various deformation conditions over hours of use.
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In this episode, we talk about the simple, tunable machine created using common 3D printers for manipulating microscale objects to create the next generation of highly efficient antennas enabling the future of wireless communication.
Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more.
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Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots, tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size, which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard LEDs, and can dynamically reproduce daylight conditions in a single light
Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules hidden in nature's growth patterns.
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The function of surfaces is a critical aspect of product design. With the help of technologies like Direct Laser Interference Patterning, it is possible to engineer and rapidly manufacture long-lasting surface modifications.
Scientists at EPFL have developed a highly efficient water purification filter that uses only solar power. The prototype can supply clean drinking water even at remote places to small populations and can be easily scaled-up.
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