Tag: National University of Singapore

Out-of-the-box thinking and game-changing innovations

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From climate change to the ongoing pandemic and beyond, the issues facing today’s world are increasingly complex and dynamic. Yet solving problems like these – which interweave social, environmental, physical, and political factors – requires new approaches that extend beyond traditional ways of thinking. It requires people to draw upon and integrate seemingly disparate areas Read more about Out-of-the-box thinking and game-changing innovations[…]

Unique material for data storage

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A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Yang Hyunsoo from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has invented a novel ultra-thin multilayer film which could harness the properties of tiny magnetic whirls, known as skyrmions, as information carriers for storing and processing data Read more about Unique material for data storage[…]

New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials make better electrodes for plastic electronics and advanced semiconductor devices

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Semiconductors, which are the very basic components of electronic devices, have improved our lives in many ways. They can be found in lighting, displays, solar modules and microprocessors that are installed in almost all modern day devices, from mobile phones, washing machines, and cars, to the emerging Internet of Things. To innovate devices with better Read more about New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials make better electrodes for plastic electronics and advanced semiconductor devices[…]

A novel method to improve photoluminescence efficiency of two-dimensional semiconductors

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A team led by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a method to enhance the photoluminescence efficiency of tungsten diselenide, a two-dimensional semiconductor, paving the way for the application of such semiconductors in advanced optoelectronic and photonic devices. Tungsten diselenide is a single-molecule-thick semiconductor that is part of an emerging class Read more about A novel method to improve photoluminescence efficiency of two-dimensional semiconductors[…]