The work, from researchers in the UB Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, could lead to energy-efficient ...

The material, called hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), is used in semiconductor devices and can also enhance the performance of other two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and transition ...

Heterogeneous catalysts speed up chemical reactions by being in a different state than the reactants. They are efficient and ...

Tech Hub—a consortium led by the University of Vermont (UVM) and including GlobalFoundries and the State of Vermont—has been ...

It also has a good bandgap, making it very attractive as a semiconductor material. In fact, only diamond and isotopically enriched cubic boron nitride have better thermal conductivity.

Scientists have long sought to understand the exact mechanism behind water splitting by carbon nitride catalysts. For the ...

Diamond, often celebrated for its unmatched hardness and transparency, has emerged as an exceptional material for high-power electronics and next-generation quantum optics. Diamond can be engineered ...

A main focus of our research lies in exploiting wide and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors including GaN, Gallium Oxide, Boron Nitride and Diamond to develop next-generation power and RF devices. We ...

This work suggests a better way to inject and transport electric charges - an advancement that showcases the significant ...

Transition metals have long been used as catalysts to activate small molecules and turn them into valuable products. However, as these metals can be expensive and less abundant, scientists are ...