Concocting a semicon twister
Semiconductor helices offer control over light in a format that could work in the pixels of displays. Here's how researchers…
Perovskite creates exciting research challenge
A promising material for the solar power industry, perovskite's efficiency levels have already reached 22.1% and continue to increase.
Building flexible hybrid circuits with inkjet printer
Researchers in Spain have created an intelligent flexible hybrid circuit on paper, where different surface mounted devices were assembled by…
3D-printed metamaterial bends sound waves
The material is made up of tiny bricks, which can be designed to bend, shape and focus sound waves in…
Electromigration smooths chip interconnects
Smooth metallic lines are required to interconnect transistors within ICs and researchers have a new method to get atomic-scale smoothness.
Boron-based process creates hydrogen at room temp
The method, which cuts the weight of the hydrogen source, could find application in drones, back-up generators for remote cell…
Nexperia goes solo for discretes, logic and MOSFETs
With revenues of over ₹7,479.43 crore in 2016 and AECQ101-qualified products, Nexperia targets to manufacture about 85 billion devices a…
Morgan targets India’s demand for electrical carbon
Opening an office is part of Morgan's strategy to increase its share of the Indian market for carbon electrical products…
ESD paper reduces static electricity build-up
The paper performs better on the static half-life test than papers with conventional anti-stat coatings, according to Cortec.
When to use comparators and operational amplifiers
Comparators operate in open loop configuration without any negative feedback.