Continuous downscaling of the critical dimensions in semiconductor devices is the cornerstone of technological revolution. As the technology nodes keep shrinking, innovations in fabrication ...

A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of ...

There are many challenges in the development of a modern semiconductor chip, from front-end architecture simulation to final signoff. Volume manufacturing has its own set of challenges, while silicon ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) At the scale of individual atoms, materials behave in ways that defy everyday intuition. Stretch a metal wire by a few micrometers and its resistance changes only slightly.