... to be an essential nutrient for most plants, there has been limited evidence that silicon supplements affect the aesthetic qualities of ornamental ... flowers and were delayed in flowering. Consequently, the effects of silicon supplementation on greenhouse-produced sunflowers can vary ...
... challenge. By incorporating spin-on glass technology, used in Silicon integrated circuits manufacturing, and photolithography, transferring ... for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon. "Because our fabrication technique is independent of the geometrical ...
STILLWATER, Okla., May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. horticulturists say they have determined silicon might have a beneficial effect on ornamental sunflowers if delivered in the correct concentration.
... could replace one of the most common pieces of technology in the world—the silicon transistor for high-power and high-temperature ... vehicles to house appliances and defense equipment. “Silicon has been the workhorse in the semiconductor industry for last two ...
... came up with the idea of using a coating of concentric rings of silicon photonic crystals. The width and spacing of the rings ... said, by replacing the concentric rings with spherical shells of silicon, separated by air or some other dielectric. The researchers' optical ...
Working with an international group of researchers, Professor Gehan Amaratunga has produced a novel memory device which is set to rival transistor-switched silicon-based memory.
... to produce ~50µm thin crystalline silicon wafers for use in solar cells. The process involves ...
... – created by conventional planar processing – are transferred from a silicon wafer to the tensioned, drumhead membrane. When the tension ... with the planar to hemispherical transformation, without stressing the silicon, as confirmed by mechanics modeling performed by researchers ...
Tesla Motors Inc. will build a 250 million dollar plant in California's Silicon Valley to produce its new battery-powered sedan, the company said Wednesday.
Rough surface means black silicon traps wide range of light frequencies, says company after decade of development
... or for the shifting of light from one wavelength to another. The development of a silicon fiber opens the way for signal processing ... for more compact, efficient systems. Some fibers have been made with a silicon core, but the Clemson version (with collaborators at UCLA ...
... in the print edition of the journal. Standard strained silicon has so many dislocations and defects that strain measurements ... electronic devices. Capitalizing on its techniques for fabricating silicon nanomembranes, the group hopes to use SRC resources ...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, already the favorite of Silicon Valley, has released a last-minute campaign video outlining his views on technology.
Engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics.
Evidence is mounting that Silicon Valley, which previously had seemed relatively unscathed by the global economic crisis, is beginning to feel the pain.
