Articles tagged with Nanowires
Researchers have successfully fabricated nanowires that combine diverse materials, paving the way for ultra-small-scale electronics and optoelectronic devices. The breakthrough could lead to significant advancements in fields such as energy production and manufacturing, and may even help address concerns about Moore's Law.
Researchers at UC Irvine have created a new method for producing metal nanowires with desired conductivity, strength, and length. The step-edge decoration process allows for the growth of long, uniform wires needed for emerging nanotechnologies like diodes and transistors.
Researchers have simulated silicon nanowires with promising results, predicting changes in electronic states, Schottky barriers, and doping methods that could improve device performance and consistency. The simulations suggest new ways to overcome current technological challenges, including the use of nanoscale clusters as dopants.