Tag: Semiconductors

  • Science & Tech

    Crafting ultrathin color coatings

    In Harvard’s high-tech cleanroom, applied physicists produce vivid optical effects — on paper.

    8 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Have silicon switches met their match?

    Silicon has few serious competitors as the material of choice in the electronics industry. Now, Harvard researchers have engineered a quantum material called a correlated oxide to perform comparably with the best silicon switches.

    6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Electrical conductor sparks interest

    Harvard and Stanford chemists have created and purified an organic semiconductor with excellent electrical properties, simultaneously confirming a screening process being used to find new photovoltaic materials.

    4 minutes