News from 2014

Transistor developed at UCLA significantly outperforms existing models
Oct 23, 2014
Researchers have fabricated field effect transistors made from molybdenum sulfide that demonstrated the best performance to date in a transistor of this type. In the near future, their invention could mean vastly more powerful and sensitive fitness and health trackers, smartphones, computer-interface eyewear and other wearable applications. [via newsroom.ucla]
Growing 2D semiconductors the easy way
Oct 6, 2014
A new way to grow 2D-layered semiconductor heterostructures whose composition can be controlled by modulating the constituent vapour-phase reactants during growth has been developed, producing single crystals and might be used to make a host of electronics devices, ranging from complementary logic circuits, photovoltaics and photodetectors, to light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. [via nanotechweb.org]
New graphene framework bridges gap between traditional capacitors, batteries
Aug 8, 2014
Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special graphene material to significantly boost the energy density of electrochemical capacitors, putting them on a par with lead acid batteries. [via newsroom.ucla]
Catalytic Duo Combats Blood Clots
Feb 17, 2014
A pair of natural catalysts attached to graphene work in tandem to make nitroxyl, which could prevent blood clots from forming on medical implants [via acs.org]

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Transistor developed at UCLA significantly outperforms existing models

Growing 2D semiconductors the easy way

New graphene framework bridges gap between traditional capacitors, batteries

Catalytic Duo Combats Blood Clots