In this lesson, students search for transistor-based devices at school. They use the results of their search to explain the significance of the transistor in their lives. A transistor is a tiny device ...

Transistors are the basis for microchips and the whole electronic industry. The invention of transistors, by Bardeen and Brattain in 1947, awarded with a Nobel prize, is regarded as one of the most ...

In 1945, the ENIAC computer filled a space the size of a tennis court and relied on 18,000 vacuum tubes to function. Today, the same computational power fits inside devices measured in nanometers, ...

Year after year, semiconductor manufacturers scale down the size of components, making processors faster and more efficient. However, we're approaching the limits of atomic scale with silicon, leading ...

Topological transition of the Fermi surface of a good metal thin film upon increasing the confinement (i.e., upon decreasing the film thickness). Credit: A. Zaccone, University of Milan Topological ...