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Researchers have demonstrated electronic switching in an exotic, ultrathin material at room temperature, reducing energy loss and increasing efficiency for transistors. The breakthrough uses sodium bismuthide (Na3Bi), a 'topological Dirac semimetal' that can be tuned to behave like a conventional or topological material.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Topological matters: Toward a new kind of transistor DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Dec 10, 2018 · first to report
- Topological material switched off and on for the first time ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies · Dec 10, 2018