Tour's scientific research areas include nanoelectronics, graphene electronics, silicon
oxide electronics, carbon nanovectors for medical applications, green carbon research for enhanced oil recovery and environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction, graphene photovoltaics, carbon supercapacitors, lithium ion batteries, CO2 capture, water splitting to H2 and O2, water purification, carbon nanotube and graphene synthetic modifications, graphene oxide, carbon composites, hydrogen storage on nanoengineered carbon scaffolds, and synthesis of single - molecule nanomachines which includes molecular motors and nanocars.
Such materials are of significant interest in a variety of scientific and technological arenas, including
oxide electronics, spintronics, and photocatalysis.
Being structurally and chemically compatible with other perovskite oxides, perovksite LSCO offers considerable promise in the design of all - perovskite
oxide electronics.
And a team led by University of Wisconsin - Madison materials scientist Chang - Beom Eom has directly observed that missing second half of the duo necessary to move
oxide electronics materials forward.
The same is true in the burgeoning field of
oxide electronics materials.
Yet until now, a critical aspect has been missing — one that complements the function of electrons in
oxide electronics.
«I see this as a building block for
oxide electronics,» said Lior Kornblum, now of the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, who describes the new research appearing this week in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP publishing.
Examples of
oxide electronics include high - power devices and sensors.
These oxide electronics require positively charged and negatively charged materials to be put in contact with each other.
Not exact matches
These can be as modest as the particles of zinc
oxide in sunscreens, but they can also be reinforcing fibers in new composites or carbon nanotube wires in ultraminiaturized
electronics.
Based on its structural and chemical compatibility, this new material offers great promise for integration into and enhanced performance of
electronics based only on perovskite
oxides.
Growing
oxide 2DEGs on semiconductors also allows researchers to better integrate the structures with conventional
electronics.
The research group focused their work on enhancement - mode metal -
oxide - semiconductor field - effect transistors (MOSFETs), a type of transistor that is commonly used in
electronics.
And as a basis for gas sensors in particular, carbon nanotubes combine advantages (and avoid shortcomings) of more established materials, such as polymer - based organic
electronics and solid - state metal -
oxide semiconductors.
«The future of
electronics: New catalytic effect discovered for producing gallium
oxide.»
NMC and other mixed metal
oxides manufactured at the nanoscale are poised to become the dominant materials used to store energy for portable
electronics and electric vehicles.
Two - dimensional (2D)
oxides have a wide variety of applications in
electronics and other technologies.
Standard lithium - ion batteries — technically, lithium — cobalt
oxide — power most consumer
electronics.
The previously unknown durability to extreme conditions position GraphExeter as a viable and attractive replacement to indium tin
oxide (ITO), the main conductive material currently used in
electronics, such as «smart» mirrors or windows, or even solar panels.
For example, by removing some of the oxygen from graphene
oxide, the electrically insulating material can be rendered conductive, opening up prospects for use in flexible
electronics, sensors, solar cells and biomedical devices.
As such, the osmium
oxide may serve as a candidate for a next - generation functional material useful in the areas of information & technology and
electronics.
The CMOT project aims to tailor and develop solution based metal
oxide thin - film transistors (MOTFTs) with graphene electrodes for the field of flexible, low - cost
electronics.
Investigation and tuning of graphene electrodes for solution - processable metal
oxide thin - film transistors in the area of low - cost
electronics - CMOT
The memories are based on tantalum
oxide, a common insulator in
electronics.
Rodrigo Martins pioneer research work in the field of amorphous silicon, belonging to the second generation of researchers working in the Dundee group; world pioneer
oxides as semiconductors and one of the inventors of the paper
electronics, being the authors of the first CMOS device produced on and with paper.