12-04 :: April/May 2012

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etching fundamentals along with advanced practices allows users to more efficiently develop their fabri- cation processes.” He continued, “In research and development, understanding and insight are funda- mental to progress.

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olyera has secured $24.5m in Series C funding in a round led by Chengwei Capital and Tsing

Capital, and joined by all existing investors including Solvay, an international group active in chemistry. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate development activities while making a major invest- ment in its Asia-Pacific operations.

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raxen Defkalion Green Technologies Global Ltd. (PDGT) is ready to further allow third parties to

evaluate its core technology: a multi stage LENR reaction between Nickel and Hydrogen. PDGT has successfully completed its scientific, technological and engineering steps necessary to sustain such a reaction with results exceeding a COP of 20 and with temperatures capable to exceed 650° C (1,202° F). A series of third party tests on Hyperion products have been scheduled to be performed within the first months of 2012, immediately after our product’s certification.

http://www.defkalion-energy.com

The demonstrated graphene-silicon Schottky bar- rier can switch current on or off by controlling the height of the barrier. The new device was named Barristor, after its barrier-controllable feature.

In addition, to expand the research into the pos- sibility of logic device applications, the most basic logic gate (inverter) and logic circuits (half-adder) were fabricated, and basic operation (adding) was demonstrated. Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology owns 9 major patents related to the structure and the operating method of the Gra- phene Barristor.

http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/ http://www.sait.samsung.co.kr/eng/main.jsp

By re-engineering the basic operating principles of digital switches, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has developed a device that can switch off the current in graphene without de- grading its mobility.

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