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Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
Emma Stoye
Crystal ribbons grow on a curve Colleagues at Harvard University in the US investigated the effects of elastic stress on crystals, which is increased by growing them on a curved surface rather than a flat one. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 12, 2011
Simon Hadlington
Nanopore Structures Could Tune Drug Crystallisation A recent finding offers a new way to tune the rate of crystallisation of different compounds and the morphology of the crystals that are formed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
August 10, 2005
Eric Smalley
Ice transforms chipmaking Spraying water vapor onto cold silicon could be a simple way to make computer chips. The key is etching nanoscale lines into the resulting ice to make microscopic computer circuits. The process is environmentally friendly to boot. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 11, 2008
Victoria Gill
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
September 8, 2004
Pure Crystal Promises Hardy Chips Silicon carbide is hardier than than the plain silicon most computer chips are made from, and so theoretically could be a useful material for computer chips that must withstand extreme environments and high-power applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
July 30, 2009
Phillip Broadwith
Smoothing out plasmonic surfaces US scientists have found a simple way to make smooth metal films with nano-scale patterns in a variety of shapes that could one day be used in plasmonic devices that manipulate electromagnetic waves. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 8, 2013
Anthony King
Diamond encrusted nano-saw to slash silicon waste Scientists at Fraunhofer in Germany and CSIRO in Australia have teamed up to make an ultra-thin saw made of carbon nanotubes sprinkled with diamonds. Their new nano-saw promises to slice thinner silicon wafers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 9, 2011
Phillip Broadwith
Growing gallium nitride LEDs on glass Korean researchers have grown crystalline gallium nitride on the surface of amorphous glass. The idea could lead to new, scalable ways of making semiconductor devices that don't need to be grown on silicon or sapphire wafers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 28, 2008
Lewis Brindley
Changing the face of a water splitting catalyst Australian chemists have grown crystals of the water-splitting catalyst titanium dioxide that are many times more reactive than usual. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
Silicon Wafer Shipments Experience Growth for the Fifth Consecutive Year Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased by 20 percent in 2006 when compared to 2005 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever
Colossal Crystals Discovered in Cave In one of the largest lead and silver mines in the world, workers discovered what researchers are calling the "cathedral" of giant gypsum crystals about 300 meters below ground. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 9, 2012
Simon Hadlington
A question mark over cubic ice's existence Chemistry textbooks may have to be rewritten after scientists in the UK showed that an exotic type of ice crystal formed from supercooled water has probably been misidentified and might not exist. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 24, 2006
Richard Van Noorden
A Chequerboard of Water Water droplets cling in flat squares and dance in round globes on a smart surface created by South Korean researchers. Exposure to light wipes away the pattern, and an alternative can be written in with no etching required. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
November 18, 2014
Tim Wogan
New silicon allotrope could revolutionize solar cells A new, direct band gap allotrope of silicon has been synthesized by researchers in the US. It could potentially revolutionize solar cells and light-emitting devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
October 22, 2003
Eric Smalley
Nanowires make flexible circuits Nanowires might one day be used to make microscopic machines. But before then they could help liberate computer circuits from the rigid, expensive confines of silicon chips. A process that makes thin films from semiconductor nanowires improves the prospects for plastic electronics and electronic paper. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Oliver Staley
Innovator: Walt de Herr Smaller, power-hungry processors push the limits of silicon. Physicist Walt de Heer thinks nanotechnology can provide a solution. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reactive Reports
Issue 41
David Bradley
Implantable Chips This pioneering work in making single-crystal silicon bioactive is important to biomedical microdevices such as MEMS and biosensors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007
Gurnett & Adams
Merging the Functionalities of Silicon, and III-Vs: Two Promising Approaches One of the least flexible rules in electronic design is the need to keep silicon devices, and compound semiconductor devices separate. Two new developments are now threatening to make this rule partly or entirely obsolete. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
Neil Savage
Nanostructures Catch the Light Razor-thin solar cells could be cheap but need a little help holding light in mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 14, 2010
Simon Hadlington
Efficient solar cells from silicon wires US researchers have designed a new silicon-based solar cell which uses 100 times less silicon than conventional photovoltaic devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
January 29, 2010
Phillip Broadwith
Silicon goes aromatic Chemists in the UK have constructed a structural analogue of benzene made from silicon atoms. The molecule is not flat like benzene, but it reveals a new type of aromatic stabilisation. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 2007
Philip Ball
The Crucible Feel free to make photovoltaics better. But don't forget they have to be cheaper, too. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 25, 2011
Fiona McKenzie
Poking Aspirin with a Sharp Stick Scientists have found a way to go one better than x-ray crystallography to examine pharmaceutical crystals at an even deeper level. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 7, 2007
Lionel Milgrom
Diatoms Transformed Into Silicon Sensors Materials scientists have found a simple method of converting frustules - the intricate silica-based skeletons of common single celled photosynthetic organisms called diatoms - into pure silicon structures with many applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
February 18, 2014
Alan Dronsfield
Early days of x-ray crystallography This book by Andre Authier can be enjoyed on two levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 28, 2013
Tamsin Cowley
Surface freezing in nanodroplets Experiments carried out by scientists in the US have provided new evidence in the controversial issue of surface freezing in alkane nanodroplets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 24, 2012
Jon Evans
Can magma crystals predict eruptions? Mineral crystals blasted out from volcanoes can provide a window into the powerful processes going on inside those volcanoes, say UK and German earth scientists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
October 28, 2013
Jennifer Newton
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals. mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Samuel K. Moore
Poky Plastic Perks Up Materials scientists have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform almost as well as the type of silicon used to drive flat-panel displays. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
November 2003
Lisa Corathers
Mineral Resource of the Month: Silicon The Silicon Commodity Specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey has compiled this information about silicon, an extremely versatile mineral with many applications in the manufacture of iron and steel, aluminum alloys, chemicals, and electronic microchips. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
March 5, 2007
Richard Van Noorden
Desperately Seeking Silicon Silicon has been blamed for the faulty fuel that caused thousands of UK cars to break down last week. How can a silvery-gray semi-metal popularly known to be used in computer chips have found its way into gasoline? mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
March 9, 2005
Silicon Chip Laser Goes Continuous Useful lasers made from silicon would make it possible to move data between and within computer chips using light rather than electricity. This would make for faster chips that could be more tightly integrated with optical communications equipment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
May 15, 2012
Harriet Brewerton
Chiral Confusion Scientists in Israel have shown that non-biological chiral crystals are much more abundant than previously thought and their findings could clear up a possible confusion over the term 'chiral'. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Joachim N. Burghartz
Make Way for Flexible Silicon Chips We need them because thin, pliable organic semiconductors are too slow to serve in tomorrow's chips. Seamless integration of computing into everyday objects isn't quite here yet. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
August 13, 2015
Tim Wogan
Quasicrystal first as scientists watch them growing under the microscope The first experimental observation of quasicrystal growth has been conducted in aluminum -- nickel -- cobalt by researchers in Japan. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
September 18, 2012
Phillip Broadwith
Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent Indian chemists have discovered a highly elastic but crystalline material made from caffeine. The crystals maintain their elasticity down to -100 C. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
October 2011
Ozpinec & Tolbert
Silicon Carbide: Smaller, Faster, Tougher Meet the material that will supplant silicon in hybrid cars and the electric grid mark for My Articles similar articles
Technology Research News
January 12, 2005
Silicon Surfaces Speed Circuits Researchers have devised a way to use the chemistry of silicon surfaces to make smaller chip features. mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 2, 2010
Lewis Brindley
Reactions in a crystal Crystals that can alter their composition without changing the structure of their solid lattice have been developed by US researchers. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Anders Bylund
No Longer a Skeptic of Silicon Image Like it or not, Silicon Image and its consumer-unfriendly technologies are here to stay. mark for My Articles similar articles
Science News
December 16, 2006
Timeline: From the December 12, 1936, issue Spiral organization found in paraffin crystals... Lifesaver for "bleeders" found in egg white... Seedless fruits formed in unpollinated flowers... mark for My Articles similar articles
Scientific American
July 2008
Steven Ashley
Engineering Silicon Solar Cells to Make Photovoltaic Power Affordable Baby steps for making solar as cheap as coal power. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 7, 2010
Andy Patrizio
Microsoft Highlights Future Tech The company's TechFair in Silicon Valley shows off advancements in privacy, file-sharing and other areas. And then there's the Translating Telephone. mark for My Articles similar articles