Stretching the boundaries of electronics
Material can be stretched by up to 70% and is still electrically conductive
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Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates
Electrons travel with ease between benzene and platinum
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Cold atoms could help build ‘spintronics’ transistor
Analogue "may help understand problems in real systems"
Plasmons put laser light on the straight and narrow
Tiny collimator reduces divergence of light from semiconductor lasers
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Thin-film dyes boost solar cells
Concentrators increase solar cells' power output by an order of magnitude
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Nanotubes get sorted
Surface grabs hold of semiconducting tubes
Rising cost of oil ‘due to speculation’
Statistical physics-based study implies growing demand cannot account entirely for trend
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‘Excitonic integrated circuit’ is a first
Device used excitons to switch beams of light
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Combination technique shows the strain
Moiré technique and electron holography combined to give 2D strain map
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Disorder puts the brakes on matter waves
Independent groups see 'Anderson localization' in ultracold gases
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