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Bipolar transistors go organic

The first bipolar transistor made from an organic semiconducting material makes its debut

Champion semiconductor could replace silicon, say researchers

Experimental evidence for exceptional thermal conductivity and hole mobility in cubic boron arsenide raises hopes for future applications

An artist's sketch of cubic boron arsenide, incorporating a ball-and-stick model of the chemical with four blue balls (representing arsenic atoms) and 14 smaller red balls (representing boron atoms). In the background is a burst of fuzzy purple-and blue lines suggesting movement of electrons

Perovskite solar cell survives the damp and heat

New device meets a critical industrial stability standard for photovoltaic modules

Quantum dots are no longer on the blink

Researchers solve the "intermittency problem" in these light-emitting nanostructures at last

New theory could help optimize defects in semiconductors

Three basic rules govern how defects behave in response to strain, say theorists

strain and defect optimization in semiconductors

‘Stop-motion movie of atoms’ reveals short-lived state in nanoscale switch

First snapshots of ultrafast switching could lead to more energy-efficient computing

New semiconductor cools computer chips

High-thermal-conductivity boron arsenide is better at removing heat than the best thermal-management devices available today

Soft electronics self-heal

Liquid metal composites do not break even when punctured and can be repeatedly stretched without losing their electrical conductivity

Majorana modes continue to elude

"Zero mode" feature predicted in a semiconductor-superconductor nanowire comes from an entirely different effect, say researchers

‘Second sound’ appears in germanium

Unexpected finding could improve the performance of electronics devices, say researchers

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