Pietrele de călcat din fier pentru o tehnologie mai bună purtată fără semiconductori(The iron stepping stones to better wearable tech without semiconductors )

Nanotuburile sunt structura principală a acestui material nou. BNNT-urile sunt mari izolatori și teribili la conducerea electricității. În timp ce la început pare o alegere ciudată pentru electronică, efectul izolator al BNNT-urilor este esențial pentru a preveni scurgerile și supraîncălzirea curentă. În plus, fluxul de electroni va apărea numai pe punctele metalice de pe BNNT-uri.

Posted: Feb 05, 2016

The iron stepping stones to better wearable tech without semiconductors

(Nanowerk News) The road to more versatile wearable technology is dotted with iron. Specifically, quantum dots of iron arranged on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). The new material is the subject of a study published in Scientific Reports in February („New Flexible Channels for Room Temperature Tunneling Field Effect Transistors”), led by Yoke Khin Yap, a professor of physics at Michigan Technological University.

Yap says the iron-studded BNNTs are pushing the boundaries of electronics hardware. The transistors modulating electron flow need an upgrade.
Iron-dotted boron nitride nanotubes
Iron-dotted boron nitride nanotubes, made in Yoke Khin Yaps’ lab at Michigan Tech, could make for better wearable tech because of their flexibility and electronic behaviors. (Image: Michigan Tech, Sue Hill)
“Look beyond semiconductors,” he says, explaining that materials like silicon semiconductors tend to overheat, can only get so small and leak electric current.
The key to revamping the fundamental base of transistors is creating a series of stepping-stones that use quantum tunneling.
quantum tunneling on bendable nanotubes
Using a transmission electron microscope, Yoke Khin Yap and his research team observed quantum tunneling on bendable nanotubes. The material could make wearable tech better. (Image: Michigan Tech, Yoke Khin Yap)
The nanotubes are the mainframe of this new material. BNNTs are great insulators and terrible at conducting electricity. While at first that seems like an odd choice for electronics, the insulating effect of BNNTs is crucial to prevent current leakage and overheating. Additionally, electron flow will only occur across the metal dots on the BNNTs.
In past research, Yap and his team used gold for quantum dots, placed along a BNNT in a tidy line. With enough energy potential, the electrons are repelled by the insulating BNNT and hopscotch from gold dot to gold dot. This electron movement is called quantum tunneling.
“Imagine this as a river, and there’s no bridge; it’s too big to hop over,” Yap says. “Now, picture having stepping stones across the river—you can cross over, but only when you have enough energy to do so.”
Yoke Khin Yap explains how electrons jump between quantum dots and why flexible nanotubes will improve wearable tech.
Unlike with semiconductors, there is no classical resistance with quantum tunneling. No resistance means no heat. Plus, these materials are very small; the nanomaterials enable the transistors to shrink as well. An added bonus is that BNNTs are also quite flexible, a boon for wearable electronics.
Source: Michigan Technological University

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