Cheaper, more stable transistors on the way.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS

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* Reliable, inexpensive and printable electronics are within reach thanks to work by scientists from DuPont and Cornell University, who have found a way to produce volumes of semiconducting ink that can be made into improved nanotubes.

Working under the sponsorship of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the research team developed a method that "separates...