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Here’s why – mobile devices (be them phones, tabs or something yet coming down the road) are now the new standard for communication and, by extension, advertising. The faster you can make these devices, the more ubiquitous they become. So, when I read about advancements (leaps vs. evolution) in computing, I find them to be of vital importance . . . to me . . . probably no one else. Anyway, Belle Dumé writes on physicsworld.com that a new class of 2D semiconductor has been developed by researchers in the US. The free-standing quantum membranes, which are made of indium arsenide (InAs) and are just a few layers thick, have properties that are in stark contrast to the semiconductor layers used in conventional transistors. In addition to the fundamental-science implications, the new work could help us better understand how so-called structurally confined semiconductor devices function.
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