Aluminium nitride (AlN) ceramics have received significant attention owing to their excellent thermal conductivity, robust mechanical properties and potential for radiation resistance. Their unique ...

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has for some time been perfecting a process of hardening metals, mainly for the tooling and materials processing industries, known as ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the qualification and production release of two new GaN processes: G40V4, a 0.25µm process with operating drain voltage up to 40V, ...

A Rice team led by professors Matteo Pasquali and Angel Martí has simplified handling of the highly valuable nanotubes to make them more suitable for large-scale applications, including aerospace, ...

The European GECCO project is investigating the use of gallium nitride (GaN) LED lighting devices which it claims are more efficient and environmentally-friendly than conventional light sources, “and ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of semiconductor researchers based in France has used a boron nitride separation layer to grow indium gallium nitride (InGaN) solar cells that were then lifted off their ...

Wall Colmonoy Corp. has found a new use for its Nicrobraz Green Stop-Off product: the company calls it ``excellent'' for use in ion nitriding of steels. Green Stop-Off is a surface-active chemical ...