Nano News: 07/09/15

Graphene-based film can be used for efficient cooling of electronics

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method for efficiently cooling electronics using graphene-based film ("Improved Heat Spreading Performance of Functionalized Graphene in Microelectronic Device Application"). The film has a thermal conductivity capacity that is four times that of copper. Moreover, the graphene film is...

Research alliance produces working test chips in 7-nm technology

It’s an important moment in the history of the electronics industry. Researchers from IBM Research, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanotech Science + Engineering and partners including GlobalFoundries and Samsung have produced advances that will enable the semiconductor industry to pack about twice as many transistors on the chips that power...

Graphene coating could help boost chemotherapy's effects

Silver is often used as a coating on medical equipment used for chemotherapy. The problem is that this silver coating can break down drugs. Now, researchers have found a graphene coating that will help boost chemotherapy's effects. Chemotherapy treatment usually involves the patient receiving medicine through an intravenous catheter. These catheters,...