Category: Electronic Devices
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Games for rehab: Fast communication for interactive VR and AR
U-M-led team to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly AR/VR soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s.
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New process layers uniform ScAlN on 3D surfaces
Scandium aluminum nitride can now be integrated into high-voltage, high-frequency or piezoelectric devices with plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition.
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Nano-switch achieves first directed, gated flow of excitons
Moving excitons with light and a nano-ridge could help bridge optics and electronics, enabling new devices and faster, more efficient communication.
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University of Michigan startup Ambiq goes public
NSF-funded research led to ultra efficient chip used in wearables and medical devices.
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Efficiency upgrade for OLED screens: A route to blue PHOLED longevity
Commercial devices currently settle for less efficient blue OLEDs, but a set of design innovations has made an efficient blue that is as durable as efficient green OLEDs.
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Careful heating unlocks unprecedented sensitivity to pressure in semiconductor materials
A simple and scalable annealing method boosts the quality of materials used in cell phones, sensors and energy harvesting devices.
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Advanced microelectronics: Why a next-gen semiconductor doesn’t fall to pieces
The mechanism holding new ferroelectric semiconductors together produces a conductive pathway that could enable high power transistors.
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U-M awarded up to $7.5M to bring heat-tolerant semiconductors from lab to fab
Open-source effort supports durable silicon carbide circuits that can operate at record high temperatures.
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Toward quantum for the real world: photonic team in running for center-level funding
A team led by the University of Michigan aims to bring the extraordinary accuracy of quantum laboratory measurements to real-world devices.
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Battery-like computer memory keeps working above 1000°F
The material transports oxygen ions rather than electrons, creating heat-resistant voltages for both digital memory and in-memory computing.
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An OLED for compact, lightweight night vision
Thinner than a human hair, the device amplifies and converts near infrared light into visible light with the potential for low power consumption and long battery life.
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.