At its core, computing relies on manipulating electric currents and fields. But as devices shrink to the nanometer scale, controlling these flows becomes increasingly difficult. Wires and transistors ...

An AFM instrument uses a probe with an atomically sharp tip to scan over the surface of a material. There are two main scanning modes with an AFM instrument: contact or dynamic (tapping) mode. Both ...

1. What is a semiconductor? Generally speaking, the term semiconductor refers to a material – like silicon – that can conduct electricity much better than an insulator such as glass, but not as well ...

A joint research team has successfully induced polarization and polarity in metallic substances. In the realm of material science, the phenomena of polarization and polarity have conventionally been ...

image: The PCN could grow on the surface of SrTiO3 by the formation of the N-Sr bond, which could generate the lamination effect ignited by the built-in electric field modulation. This could be ...

Photo-thermoelasticity theory explores semiconductors’ intricate interactions between light, heat, and mechanical stress. This field studies how light energy can induce thermal expansion and ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A silicon disc, or 'wafer,' yields dozens of semiconductor chips. Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Semiconductors are a ...

Generally speaking, the term semiconductor refers to a material – like silicon – that can conduct electricity much better than an insulator such as glass, but not as well as metals like copper or ...