News : nanotech

Researchers at Irig used a transmission electron microscope to observe the behavior of aluminum (Al) heated to temperatures in excess of 250 °C when it comes into contact with a germanium (Ge) nanowire. So, what did they see? Well, the Al propagates in the nanowire along a well-defined front; the Ge is pushed back and […] >>

Silicon Valley startup Innovasonic turned to Leti to develop an innovation the company patented. The technology leverages ultrasonic waves generated by an array of piezoelectric transducers just 100 µm thick (about the same as a human hair) to clean transparent surfaces. The waves are uncannily effective at removing water droplets and grime. The technology is […] >>

MIT issues a call for projects every year. In January of this year the school launched a 20-month partnership with LMGP. The partners will investigate new types of neuromorphic memory in which the resistance does not vary between two states, but rather between a minimum and maximum level separated by one to two orders of […] >>

Can a unidirectional magnetoresistance effect* be obtained with a semiconductor material like germanium? Researchers at Spintec found the answer, and, according to an article they recently published, it is yes! The effect had already been observed with two rarely-used non-magnetic materials. With germanium, however, the effect is 100 times more intense. The researchers demonstrated that […] >>

What if an ordinary plastic tube could perform better than copper or fiber optic cable for high-speed communications? Leti has started to prove that it can with P-Link, a system that is shockingly simple. The system was able to transmit a signal from a STMicroelectronics circuit over at distance of two meters at 7 Gbit/s. […] >>