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UK, China Fund Spintronics Study

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A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and two other institutions have been awarded a grant of around £430,000 (about $704,000) to develop prototype ultrasmall-scale silicon structures for "spintronic" semiconductors. Jointly awarded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the National Science Foundation of China, the three-year grant exploits Chinese expertise in silicon fabrication nanotechnology and UK expertise in observing and controlling the way electrons spin within semiconductors. "Silicon-Based Nanospintronics" brings together experts...Read full article

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    Published: July 2009
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    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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