Researchers at Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne have developed a low-temperature annealing method that maintains the structure of gold and silver when the two metals are combined ...

A recent study published in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research demonstrated the effectiveness of microwave annealing in activating hydrogen within hydrogen-rich dielectrics (AlO x, SiN y, and ...

This research introduced an innovative approach utilizing the electron wind force (EWF) to achieve defect annealing at significantly lower temperatures. The primary goal was to assess this method’s ...

Flash lamp annealing (FLA) has emerged as an indispensable technique in semiconductor processing, offering rapid, controlled thermal treatments that are pivotal for enhancing material properties ...

Microwave radiation has been found to be a viable alternative to conventional annealing methods during the fabrication of solar panels, according to a recent study by a team of researchers led by Dr.

Researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney have developed a microwave technology they say will improve the production of solar cells, while making them easier to recycle. During the fabrication of ...

Rosatom announced yesterday it has extended the service life of unit 1 of its Balakovo nuclear power plant in the Saratov region of Russia by using thermal annealing on the VVER-1000's reactor ...

The major factors affecting the performance of crystalline thin films are the presence of grain boundaries and inherent crystal structure. Post-deposition annealing is frequently employed to improve ...

The D-Wave quantum annealer isn’t a general-purpose computer, in that it can only solve a set of problems that can be structured as energy minimizations. And even on those problems, D-Wave employees ...