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Graphene, meet mainstream

In the lab of Swastik Kar, lead author of one of the recent papers and a professor of physics at Northeastern University, I find myself staring at a piece of graphene that his group has meticulously deposited on a postage-stamp sized piece of copper foil. It looks like a postage-stamp sized piece of copper foil. […]

Carbon nanotubes enable light to speed up to computer processes

With the ever-increasing desire for faster, smaller and more powerful computers, developments in engineering information technology are in high demand. Researchers at Northeastern University have taken a step toward making speedier digital devices by using carbon nanotubes in electronic systems, according to a news release. Yung Joon Jung, an associate professor in NU’s Department of […]

The Indian Express

Future computer can be termed on and off using light

Want your computer to go faster? Add light! Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed novel devices that could usher in a new wave of highly efficient electronics, including computers, that can be turned on and off using light. Every second, your computer must process billions of computational steps to produce even the simplest outputs. […]

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Physicists may have accidentally discovered a new state of matter. The possibilities are endless.

“Imagination is the limit,” says Swastik Kar, an associate professor of physics. “It could change the way we can detect and communicate signals. It could change the way we can sense things and the storage of information, and possibilities that we may not have even thought of yet.”

Physics discovery unlocks ingredients of 2-D ‘sandwich’

Layering 2-D crystals is a little like building a club sandwich, says Northeastern physicist Swastik Kar. But a new discovery allows researchers to rearrange the ingredients, producing new properties and opening up a world of possibilities for new materials.

Northeastern researchers’ discovery could aid in detecting nuclear threats

A team led by Northeastern researchers Swastik Kar and Yung Joon Jung has developed a way to detect nuclear materials that far outpaces any existing method. “Our detector could dramatically change the manner and accuracy with which we are able to detect nuclear threats at home or abroad,” says Kar.

From cameras to computers, new material could change how we work and play

Northeastern physicists Swastik Kar and Srinivas Sridhar led a research team whose novel work has potential applications for improved cellphone cameras and tiny transistors that when multiplied by the billions could fuel computers.

‘Small’ transformation yields big changes

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northeastern University has developed a novel method for controllably constructing precise inter-nanotube junctions—an innovation that could have major real-world applications in a range of industries.

Want your computer to go faster? Just add light

An interdisciplinary duo of Northeastern professors have created the first electronic chip that mixes optical and electronic signals to perform the most elementary computational operations—a breakthrough that could lead to much faster and more efficient electronic devices.

Nanotubes and silicon: unexpected ingredients in a new optical device

Two Northeastern professors have discovered an unexpected photoswitch that could be used to make highly efficient optical electronics.

Research partnership to focus on infrared imaging

The Electronic Materials Research Institute at Northeastern has signed a three-year cooperative research agreement with the United States Army Research Laboratory.