Read article: Integrated electronics at 50 – projecting the future of the field
Fifty years on from the founding of one of the most pioneering companies in integrated electronics, we ask researchers what they think will be the most exciting developments in the next 50 years
Read article: Boron arsenide crystals could cool computer chips
The semiconductor could be a “revolutionary thermal management material”
Read article: Sounding out lasing in silicon
Lasing by stimulating acoustic vibrations in a silicon waveguide may bring integrated silicon photonics a step closer
Read article: Data storage prospects broaden for antiferromagnetics
A previously unobserved type of antiferromagnetic switching may be useful for memory applications
Read article: Inorganic semiconductors can be more flexible in the dark
Experiments in complete darkness reveal extraordinary plasticity in ZnS
Read article: Memristor technology programme wins £11 million
Research collaborators at Southampton, Imperial and Manchester universities in the UK win a grant to develop memristor technology for broader use
Read article: Funnelling charges to boost solar-cell efficiency
The inverse charge funnelling effect pushes charges to easy collection points in few-layer hafnium disulphide flakes, thanks to strain from laser-induced oxidation
Read article: Atomic force microscope makes single-electron current meter
IBM team measures the energy levels of single molecules on insulators for the first time
Read article: Van der Waals nanoribbons carry current
1D zirconium telluride wires could be used to make the tiniest interconnects and transistor channels
Read article: Phase-separated state could make nanoscale switch
Devices made from perovskite nickelate materials would operate electronically
