Semiconductors—most notably, silicon—underpin the computers, cellphones, and other electronic devices that power our daily lives, including the device on which you are reading this article. As ubiquitous as semiconductors have become, they come with limitations. The atomic structure of any material vibrates, which creates quantum particles called phonons. Phonons in turn cause the particles—either electrons […]
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is looking for materials that “revolutionize and engineer our future.” Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara think they can do just that by fundamentally changing Digital Light Processing – a type of 3D printing that uses light rather than heat to quickly cure […]
See how MIT engineers created an ultra-light fabric solar cell that produces 18 times more power-per-kilogram compared to traditional solar panels using semiconducting inks and scalable printing processes.
Developed by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, a new semiconducting material called “multielement ink” is the first “high-entropy” semiconductor that can be processed at low or room temperature, making the semiconductor purification and development process significantly less heat-intensive and more sustainable.
Materials Analysis Technology Inc., Taiwan, is setting up new laboratories in Kumamoto, Japan, and the US state of Arizona to support its “big clients,” and is eyeing more locations in the future amid the changing IC supply chain landscape.
