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Newswise: Materialā€™s ā€˜Incipientā€™ Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
Released: 14-Mar-2025 8:40 AM EDT
Materialā€™s ā€˜Incipientā€™ Property Could Jumpstart Fast, Low-Power Electronics
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less energy and operating in extreme environments like outer space.

Newswise: ā€˜Nanodotā€™ Control Could Fine-Tune Light for Sharper Displays, Quantum Computing
Released: 13-Mar-2025 9:05 PM EDT
ā€˜Nanodotā€™ Control Could Fine-Tune Light for Sharper Displays, Quantum Computing
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Newly achieved precise control over light emitted from incredibly tiny sources, a few nanometers in size, embedded in two-dimensional (2D) materials could lead to remarkably high-resolution monitors and advances in ultra-fast quantum computing, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State and UniversitƩ Paris-Saclay.

Newswise: Penn State to Establish New Advanced Semiconductor Lab
Released: 13-Mar-2025 8:15 PM EDT
Penn State to Establish New Advanced Semiconductor Lab
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Penn State researchers aim to enhance the University's research and development capabilities in next-generation semiconductor technology thanks to $4.3 million in infrastructure funding and in-kind support through the Universityā€™s membership in MMEC, a consortium of regional partners focused on microelectronics research and development. The funding from MMEC, part of a broader initiative under the Department of Defense Microelectronics Commons effort under the federal CHIPS Act, will help the University establish an advanced lab for semiconductor thin films and device research in the Materials Research Instituteā€™s (MRI) facilities in the Millennium Science Complex at University Park.

Newswise: $3M Grant Targets Integrated Semiconductor for Smarter, Greener Electronics
Released: 7-Feb-2025 6:10 PM EST
$3M Grant Targets Integrated Semiconductor for Smarter, Greener Electronics
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The microelectronics industry is nearing a tipping point. The silicon chips at the heart of everyday electronic devices are running into performance limits, raising the need for new materials and technologies to continue making faster, more efficient devices.

Newswise: New Smart Sensor Takes the Pain Out of Wound Monitoring
Released: 7-Feb-2025 6:05 PM EST
New Smart Sensor Takes the Pain Out of Wound Monitoring
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Researchers from Penn State and Chinaā€™s Hebei University of Technology addressed this issue by uncovering a new property of a sensor material, enabling the team to develop a new type of flexible sensor that can accurately measure both temperature and physical strain simultaneously but separately to pinpoint various signals more precisely.

Newswise: Graduate Studentā€™s Materials Science Research Recognized by National Society
Released: 7-Feb-2025 5:50 PM EST
Graduate Studentā€™s Materials Science Research Recognized by National Society
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Mingyu Yu, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering at Penn State, recently received the Graduate Student Research Award from the professional society AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing for innovative research in two-dimensional materials.

Newswise: Straining a Materialā€™s Atomic Arrangement May Make for Cleaner, Smarter Devices
Released: 6-Dec-2024 9:00 AM EST
Straining a Materialā€™s Atomic Arrangement May Make for Cleaner, Smarter Devices
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Whatā€™s the best way to precisely manipulate a materialā€™s properties to the desired state? It may be straining the materialā€™s atomic arrangement, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. The team discovered that ā€œatomic spray paintingā€ of potassium niobate, a material used in advanced electronics, could tune the resulting thin films with exquisite control. The finding, published in Advanced Materials, could drive environmentally friendly advancements in consumer electronics, medical devices and quantum computing, the researchers said.

Newswise: Squishy Microgels in Granular Biomaterials Confine and Direct Cell Behavior
Released: 26-Nov-2024 9:45 AM EST
Squishy Microgels in Granular Biomaterials Confine and Direct Cell Behavior
Penn State Materials Research Institute

A simple biomaterial-based strategy that can influence the behavior of cells could pave the way for more effective medical treatments such as wound healing, cancer therapy and even organ regeneration, according to a research team at Penn State.

Newswise: $1.5M NSF Grant to Launch AI-Designed Biosensor Research Project
Released: 16-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
$1.5M NSF Grant to Launch AI-Designed Biosensor Research Project
Penn State Materials Research Institute

To enhance biosensor development via artificial intelligence (AI) and offer STEM education opportunities to K-12 students from underserved communities, the U.S. National Science Foundation recently awarded researchers at Penn State a three-year, $1.5 million grant.

Newswise: Revamping an Old Technique to See Battery Design in a New Way
Released: 16-Oct-2024 10:35 AM EDT
Revamping an Old Technique to See Battery Design in a New Way
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Batteries power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, with their performance hinging on the critical interface between the electrode and electrolyte. Penn State and industry researchers have developed a method to observe this interface at a higher resolution, which could potentially reveal new ways to improve battery efficiency and lifespan.

Newswise: Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight
Released: 16-Oct-2024 8:20 AM EDT
Butterfly-inspired AI technology takes flight
Penn State Materials Research Institute

When it comes to mating, two things matter for Heliconius butterflies: the look and the smell of their potential partner. The black and orange butterflies have incredibly small brains, yet they must process both sensory inputs at the same time ā€” which is more than current artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can achieve without significant energy consumption. To make AI as smart as the butterflies, a team of Penn State researchers has created a multi-sensory AI platform that is both more advanced and uses less energy than other AI technologies.

Newswise: Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to Drive Industrial-Scale Semiconductor Work
Released: 15-Oct-2024 5:10 PM EDT
Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to Drive Industrial-Scale Semiconductor Work
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Known for its ability to withstand extreme environments and high voltages, silicon carbide (SiC) is a semiconducting material made up of silicon and carbon atoms arranged into crystals that is increasingly becoming essential to modern technologies like electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, telecommunications infrastructure and microelectronics.

Newswise: Grant to Help Penn State Build Semiconductor Workforce in Pennsylvania
Released: 15-Oct-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Grant to Help Penn State Build Semiconductor Workforce in Pennsylvania
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $600,000 to Penn Stateā€™s Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA) to develop a series of educational courses, workshops, and paid academic and industrial internships focused on workforce development in Pennsylvania for the growing semiconductor industry.

Newswise: Water-Free Manufacturing Approach Could Help Advance 2D Electronics Integration
Released: 30-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Water-Free Manufacturing Approach Could Help Advance 2D Electronics Integration
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The future of technology has an age-old problem: rust. When iron-containing metal reacts with oxygen and moisture, the resulting corrosion greatly impedes the longevity and use of parts in the automotive industry. While itā€™s not called ā€œrustā€ in the semiconductor industry, oxidation is especially problematic in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials, which control the flow of electricity in electronic devices, because any corrosion can render the atomic-thin material useless. Now, a team of academic and enterprise researchers has developed a synthesis process to produce a ā€œrust-resistantā€ coating with additional properties ideal for creating faster, more durable electronics.

Newswise: Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania
Released: 13-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $600,000 to Penn Stateā€™s Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA) to develop a series of educational courses, workshops, and paid academic and industrial internships focused on workforce development in Pennsylvania for the growing semiconductor industry.

Newswise: Atoms in advanced alloys find preferred neighbors when solidifying
Released: 8-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Atoms in advanced alloys find preferred neighbors when solidifying
Penn State Materials Research Institute

A discovery that uncovered the surprising way atoms arrange themselves and find their preferred neighbors in multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) could enable engineers to ā€œtuneā€ these unique and useful materials for enhanced performance in specific applications ranging from advanced power plants to aerospace technologies, according to the researchers who made the finding.

Newswise: Advanced Materials Research Poised to Revolutionize Technology and Society
Released: 7-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Advanced Materials Research Poised to Revolutionize Technology and Society
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Transition metal carbides (TMCs) and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are emerging as key players with transformative potential across various industries.

Newswise: ā€˜Better than grapheneā€™ material development may improve implantable technology
Released: 22-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
ā€˜Better than grapheneā€™ material development may improve implantable technology
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Move over, graphene. Thereā€™s a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, stronger and more flexible than graphene, the 2D version of carbon. Now, researchers at Penn State have made the material potentially more useful by imparting chirality ā€” or handedness ā€” on it, which could make for advanced sensors and implantable medical devices.

Newswise: ā€˜Surprisingā€™ hidden activity of semiconductor material spotted by researchers
Released: 2-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
ā€˜Surprisingā€™ hidden activity of semiconductor material spotted by researchers
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Using advanced imaging techniques, an international team led by Penn State researchers found that the material that a semiconductor chip device is built on, called the substrate, responds to changes in electricity much like the semiconductor on top of it.

Newswise: Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Penn State Materials Research Institute

For soft tissue to recover and regrow, it needs blood vessels to grow to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Sluggish vascularization, however, can slow or even prevent recovery and regrowth of lost or damaged soft tissue after a severe injury or serious illness such as cancer.



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