Utilizing IR PiFM, researchers can accurately analyze contaminants and defects under 20 nm, enhancing surface ...

Devices made from plastic semiconductors, like solar cells and light-emitting diodes, could be improved based on information gained using a new nanoparticle technique.

More information: Volodymyr Shamraienko et al, Weak Spots in Semiconductor Nanoplatelets: From Isolated Defects Toward ...

Nanostructures like microchip semiconductors, carbon nanotubes and large protein molecules contain defects that form during synthesis that cause them to differ in composition from one another.

Most semiconductor factories commonly use highly sensitive tools for wafer surface inspection to identify particles and defects. Usually, within the wafer inspection system, each wafer passes from the ...

Semiconductor nanoparticles typically consist of a crystalline core made from a semiconductor material, such as cadmium selenide (CdSe), cadmium sulfide ... (CdS). This core-shell structure helps ...

Semiconductor quantum dots, for example, are often composed of heavy metals that can be oxidized and released from the surface as highly toxic ions. Silica nanoparticles, on the other hand, can ...

Led by Guangyu Zhang of the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and the Songshan-Lake Materials Laboratory in Dongguan, the team developed the method as a simpler way of ...

By incorporating gold nanoparticles within the electrode, the team significantly reduced its resistance, leading to a ...

Combining STM with these terahertz laser pulses, the MSU team was able to clearly detect signals from the silicon defects in the semiconductor. When the STM tip with the laser applied was moved over ...

By incorporating gold nanoparticles within the electrode, the team significantly reduced its resistance, leading to a substantial improvement in the performance of the 2D semiconductor image sensor.