Researchers from the University of Warwick and the National Research Council of Canada have engineered a strained germanium ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers have achieved the first-ever “movie” of electric charges traveling across the interface of two different semiconductor materials. Using scanning ultrafast electron (SUEM) ...

Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date. This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler ...

On Dec. 3, 2024, China's Ministry of Commerce implemented export bans on key semiconductor materials, including gallium and germanium, to the US. US-China tensions centered on semiconductors and ...

Germanium nanocrystals and quantum dots have emerged as pivotal components in modern semiconductor applications, owing to their unique quantum confinement effects and tunable optoelectronic properties ...

New findings show germanium-tin alloys could surpass silicon by enabling efficient spintronic, photonic, and quantum device integration. (Nanowerk News) An international team of researchers from ...

Scientists have developed the first electrically pumped continuous-wave semiconductor laser composed exclusively of elements from the fourth group of the periodic table—the "silicon group." The rapid ...

Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material's properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team has now ...

The main challenge has been enabling charge transport within diamond. To be a successful semiconductor, diamond must outperform silicon and other materials like silicon carbide or gallium nitride.

China has suspended export restrictions on rare earth minerals and advanced semiconductor materials, delivering a major relief to American tech companies and electric vehicle manufacturers facing ...

・Tower’s CEO, Russell Ellwanger, highlighted growth across the company’s radio frequency (RF) infrastructure, silicon photonics, and silicon germanium platforms. ・RF infrastructure business jumped to ...