Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible ...

Most modern semiconductors are fabricated of or on silicon (Si), but as devices get smaller and denser, they dissipate more ...

Researchers are investigating hole mobility in compressively strained germanium on silicon to improve the performance of next ...

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have achieved the “highest hole mobility” ever measured in a material compatible with standard silicon-based semiconductor manufacturing. In ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Alex Ossola: In the early days of computers, it took a whole room of machinery to ...

Silicon has reigned supreme in electronics for the better part of a century, and now a new version might help extend its use into the future. Engineers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have ...

Silicon sees the light: Elham Fadaly (left) and Alain Dijkstra in their Eindhoven lab. (Courtesy: Sicco van Grieken/SURF) A light-emitting silicon-based material with a direct band gap has been ...

Silicon is the gold-standard in modern-day electronics because it is a highly stable and efficient semiconductor material. It acts as an electrical conductor in certain conditions and an electrical ...

Laser processing of silicon materials has emerged as a transformative technique in microelectronics and photonics, enabling precise internal modifications that bypass the limitations of traditional ...

Just after sunrise on a cloudless morning last June, two propellers started spinning on a slender aircraft sitting on a runway in the New Mexico desert. Chocks securing bicycle-sized wheels were ...