Research Bits: Aug. 7


Stretchy semiconductors Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, University of Houston, Southeast University, and Northwestern University are working towards fully flexible electronics. “Such technology requires stretchy elastic semiconductors, the core material needed to enable integrated circuits that are critical to the technology enabling our computers, phones and so much more,... » read more

Research Bits: July 24


Protons improve ferroelectric memory Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Qingdao University, and Zhejiang University developed a method to produce multiple phase transitions in ferroelectric materials, which could increase storage capacity for neuromorphic memory. The approach uses proton-mediation of the ferroelectric material indium selenide. The r... » read more

Overview Of The State Of Semiconducting TMDC Research


A technical paper titled "Potential of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Transistors for Flexible Electronics Applications" was published by researchers at Advanced Microelectronic Center Aachen (AMICA), RWTH Aachen University, and Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Abstract: "Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) are 2D materials, combining good charge carrier mobility, ultimat... » read more

An Integrated Fabrication Approach For Fully EHD-Printed Flexible Organic Thin Film Transistors (OTFTs) 


A technical paper titled "All Electrohydrodynamic Printed Flexible Organic Thin Film Transistors" was published by researchers at North Carolina State University. Abstract: "The demand of cost-effective fabrication of printed flexible transistors has dramatically increased in recent years due to the need for flexible interface devices for various application including e-skins, wearables, and ... » read more

Smelling The Metaverse Via Wearable Wireless Interfaces


A new technical paper titled "Soft, miniaturized, wireless olfactory interface for virtual reality" was published by researchers at  City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Science Park, Beihang University, and others. Abstract "Recent advances in virtual reality (VR) technologies accelerate the creation of a flawless 3D virtual world to provide frontier social platform for human. Equall... » read more

Split Additive Manufacturing for Printed Neuromorphic Circuits (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)


A new technical paper titled "Split Additive Manufacturing for Printed Neuromorphic Circuits" was published by researchers at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). Abstract: "Printed and flexible electronics promises smart devices for application domains, such as smart fast moving consumer goods and medical wearables, which are generally untouchable by conventional rigid silicon tech... » read more

Research Bits: March 6


2D TMDs on silicon Engineers at MIT, University of Texas at Dallas, Institute for Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of California at Riverside, ISAC Research, and Yonsei University found a way to grow 2D materials on industry-standard silicon wafers while preserving their crystalline form. Using a new “nonepitaxial, single-crystalline g... » read more

Research Bits: Jan. 24


Transistor-free compute-in-memory Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Sandia National Laboratories, and Brookhaven National Laboratory propose a transistor-free compute-in-memory (CIM) architecture to overcome memory bottlenecks and reduce power consumption in AI workloads. "Even when used in a compute-in-memory architecture, transistors compromise the access time of data," sai... » read more

Technique For Printing Electronic Circuits Onto Curved & Corrugated Surfaces Using Metal Nanowires (NC State)


A technical paper titled "Curvilinear soft electronics by micromolding of metal nanowires in capillaries" was published by researchers at North Carolina State University. “We’ve developed a technique that doesn’t require binding agents and that allows us to print on a variety of curvilinear surfaces,” says Yuxuan Liu, first author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at NC State in this ... » read more

Research Bits: Jan. 9


Making stretchy semiconductors Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, University of Houston, Purdue University, and Texas Heart Institute developed a new method to make soft, stretchable transistors easier and cheaper to manufacture. The lateral phase separation induced micromesh (LPSM) process involves mixing a semiconductor and an elastomer and spin coating the liquid mixture pre... » read more

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