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February 27, 2013

New, Multifunctional Electronic Devices May Soon Be Possible
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 26, 2013
For the first time, researchers have designed a special material interface that has been shown to add to and to improve the functioning of non-silicon-based electronic devices, such as those used in certain kinds of random access memory (RAM). According to Qi Li, a professor of physics at Penn State University and the leader of the research team, the new method could be used to design improved, more-efficient, multilevel and multifunctional devices, as well as enhanced nanoelectronic components -- ... read more

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