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Quantum dots boost graphene's photodetector dreams

...Gerasimos Konstantatos explains: “We managed to successfully combine graphene with semiconducting nanocrystals to create complete new functionalities in terms of light sensing and light... Read more

18 May, 2012

Graphene sandwich to boost fuel cell performance

...tin oxide nanoparticles. The team begin by synthesizing the indium tin oxide nanocrystals directly on sheets of graphene. Nanoparticles of platiunum are then deposited on... Read more

14 February, 2011

Nanotech firm takes out licence to print semiconductors

...made large scale applications – like solar panels – prohibitively expensive. Enter nanocrystals, which can be mass produced by inkjet printing, among other techniques, and... Read more

13 December, 2010

Nanocrystal sheds new light on future illumination

...to produce "a warm white light with a slightly yellow cast". These nanocrystals can theoretically be encased in compounds that conduct electricity — effectively creating electroluminescent... Read more

24 October, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Flash memory begins to fade

...the same material as DVD discs. Motorola, meanwhile, is looking at silicon nanocrystals, which replace a solid layer inside the transistor with a lattice of... Read more

27 March, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Nanotech sheds light on solar revolution

...dark and capturing the sun's energy, is carbon. The infrared-sensitive nanocrystals created at the university consist of about eight carbon atoms strung together... Read more

18 January, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Designer molecule seeks out cancer cells

...their molecules are not DNA-based. Quantum Dot has not tested its nanocrystals on humans but has used them on animals to highlight lymph node... Read more

29 April, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

'Tennis-shoe glue' sticks circuits to chips

...To prove it works, IBM created flash-memory-like chips containing silicon nanocrystals, which give a thin layer inside a transistor that can help memory... Read more

8 December, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

IBM, Infineon show off next-gen memory progress

...Memory, memory made out of the same material as CD discs; Silicon Nanocrystals, which replaces a solid layer inside chips with a crystal lattice; and... Read more

10 June, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Nanotubes shed new light on fibre optics

...long, thin strands of specialised carbon molecules -- and to a lesser degree nanocrystals, have become scientific celebrities in recent years because of their unusual electrical... Read more

2 May, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Motorola crystallises memory breakthrough

...concept remains in the experimental stage. "One of the main challenges with nanocrystals is maintaining the uniformity," Chang said. The company is also tinkering with... Read more

31 March, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Motorola tech gets flashy

...s new methods, dubbed SONOS (silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon) and Silicon nanocrystals, use different materials to circumvent the voltage effects. "The papers all deal... Read more

7 February, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Flash memory?s ?midlife crisis? boosts Magnetic RAM

...Memory, memory made out of the same material as CD discs; Silicon Nanocrystals, which replaces a solid layer inside chips with a crystal lattice; and... Read more

10 June, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

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