From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for advanced semiconductor applications.

Despite impurities and defects, lead-halide perovskites efficiently convert solar energy, rivaling silicon cells. Physicists now explain the mechanism behind this surprising efficiency. (Nanowerk News ...

When contamination defects surface in advanced nodes, the root cause often spans tools, materials, and handling. This piece outlines how defect mapping, TEM, and SPC data converge to prove causation.

Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution-processed lead-halide perovskites are surprisingly efficient at converting solar energy into electricity. Their efficiency is approaching ...

A NEW research facility has opened in south Wales to support the development and scale-up of semiconductor materials manufactured in space.

A wafer-thin flake of bismuth telluride can act a little like a one-way street for electricity, even when the push comes from ...

Researchers at UNSW have discovered a new way to make graphene, a remarkable "wonder material," using just discarded peanut ...

New research in orbital semiconductors, space-based metal 3D printing, and in-space recycling pushes production beyond and reveals lessons for advanced manufacturing on ...

There is nothing quite as terrifying as cruising down the highway and watching a massive piece of heavy metal debris bounce out from the rig in front of you. Now, a popular recreational trailer ...

Topological defects are quasiparticles whose topological nature provides some stability against perturbations. Skyrmions, domain walls, dislocations in crystals, vortices in superconductors and ...