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Nanolamps From Silicon
What started as research into transistor reliability could lead to a new silicon chip based "nano-lamp". A scientist at Netherlands University of Twente, Phuong Le Minh, found that a controlled breakdown in semiconductor oxide layers of the transistor/antifuse structure of memory cells can emit light.
What started as research into transistor reliability could lead to a new silicon chip based "nano-lamp". A scientist at Netherlands University of Twente, Phuong Le Minh, found that a controlled breakdown in semiconductor oxide layers of the transistor/antifuse structure of memory cells can emit light.
Le Minh has focused his research on mircofluidic applications. A lightsource and photodetector has been integrated with a micron-sized channel. The set up is able to distinguish the various fluids in the channel. By looking for interference patterns, information about the fluid can be obtained.
. The research has been part of Le Minhs PhD work at the universitys MESA+ research institute.
