Science news articles about 'silicon atoms'

Newly discovered property of silicon atoms may shrink computers

... demand for higher integration densities." The nanoparticles contain just a few hundred silicon atoms and their fluorescence were discovered after mixing them with water. This resulted in stability ...

... a platinum structure with uniform hexagonal pores on the order of 10 nm across (a nanometer is the width of three silicon atoms). Platinum is, so far, the best available catalyst for ...

... the critical task of breaking the C-F bond by abstracting the fluoride from the fluorocarbon and attaching it to a silicon atom. The end product is a compound with a silicon-fluorine bond, which is ...

... and conversion capabilities than previous polymers. The research team found that substituting a silicon atom for carbon atom in the backbone of the polymer markedly improved the material's ...

... two crystal structures—the unique matching up perfectly of one atom to the next across the metal-oxide/Si ... result, X-ray data showed, was that the silicon atoms literally squeezed the cubic strontium- ...

... The new ruler is in the form of a thin, multilayer silicon chip 25 millimeters square (just under ... by NIST for the spacing and angles of the crystal planes of silicon atoms in the base crystal. X-ray ...