silicon

Is it too soon to say silicon-based electronics’ days are numbered? They consume a substantial and ever-increasing share of the world's energy. And a number of researchers are exploring the properties of materials that are more complex than…

When a thin layer of alumina is applied to common cathodes, lithium is trapped in batteries. That limits the number of times a battery can be charged and discharged at full power. But new phenomena being studied by engineers at Rice…

More and more, we’re talking about the post-silicon era as silicon-based microelectronic components reach the theoretical limit of available sizes. Recently, physicists from Russia and Europe have demonstrated the real possibility of using…