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“A proton-driven approach that enables multiple ferroelectric phase transitions sets the stage for ultralow power, high-capacity computer chips. A proton-mediated approach that produces multiple phase transitions in ferroelectric materials could help develop high-performance memory devices, such as brain-inspired, or neuromorphic …
“A burning flame is full of charged particles that can be affected by an electric field. KAUST researchers have now studied the use of high voltages to control these particles, which could potentially reduce soot formation and improve a flame …
“High-strength but low-density mesh-like polymers with applications in adsorption are synthesized using a simple new method. A facile technique for reproducibly creating Swiss-cheese-like nanomaterials has been developed by researchers at KAUST. This material, and the method required to create it …
“Smart digital image sensors that can perform visual perception capabilities, such as scene recognition, are resulting from recent research at KAUST. Exploiting the Nobel-Prize-winning technology of the charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors found in early digital cameras, Dayanand Kumar, Nazek …
“The first demonstration of a functional microchip integrating atomically thin two-dimensional materials with exotic properties heralds a new era of microelectronics. The world’s first fully integrated and functional microchip based on exotic two-dimensional materials has been fabricated at KAUST …
“Scientists can speed up simulations of complex systems by using compression algorithms running on AI hardware. High-performance computing (HPC) has become an essential tool for processing large datasets and simulating nature’s most complex systems. However, researchers face difficulties in …
“A venerable industrial method for making butadiene bounces back to prominence. A key ingredient in the manufacture of car tires and sneaker soles could be made sustainably, following new analysis of an old catalytic process. Butadiene, an essential component of …
“Imagine a movie about a rogue employee who breaches security in a company that implants chips inside half of the world’s computers. They embed a Trojan in systems around the globe and hold the world to ransom. This is …
“A simple modification of a semiconductor laser’s shape can improve the quality of its beam. An easy way of altering compact semiconductor lasers to make them more practical for illumination and holography has been demonstrated by KAUST scientists. Semiconductor …
“A microscale “memristor” with inkjet-printed electrodes offers an energy efficient and stable true random number generator for cryptography applications. Using an atomically thin flake of boron nitride and printed silver electrodes, a KAUST-led international team of researchers has made …