Nanophysics Portal

Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more

CMOS-compatible Si-based SET quantum dots systems are being fabricated and electrically characterized at low temperature to explore the possibility … more

Renewable energy sources such as solar energy are attractive alternatives to fossil fuels because of their abundant supply and pollution-free power … more

Electron sources are ubiquitous in vacuum based electronics and are used for a variety of purposes.  These applications range from x-ray … more

Graphene, a two-dimensional sheet of carbon, is considered one of the materials most likely to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more

The electrons in graphene are confined to the two-dimensional atomic layer of carbon atoms that make up the material .  Since graphene … more