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The exponentially growing number of interconnected devices in the Internet of Things poses an increasing amount of challenges to the field of cyber security and encryption. For authenticated use and communication, each device must securely…
Over the past several years, the inherent scaling limitations of electron devices have fueled the exploration of high carrier mobility semiconductors as a Si replacement to further enhance the device performance. In particular, compound…
With the decrease of the dimensions of electronic devices, the role played by electrical contacts is ever increasing, eventually coming to dominate the overall device volume and total resistance. This is especially problematic for…
It may be possible to reinvent how microelectronics are made using a two step process: (1) Synthesizing modular, nanometer-scale components -- transistors, sensors, and other devices -- and suspending them in a liquid "ink" for storage or…
The superconductor-insulator transition of ultrathin films of bismuth, grown on liquid helium cooled substrates, has been studied. The transition was tuned by changing both film thickness and perpendicular magnetic field. Assuming that the…
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Semiconducting 2D crystals are currently receiving significant attention due to their great potential to be an ultra-thin body for efficient electrostatic modulation which enables to overcome the limitations of silicon technology. Here we…