New Materials Target Interconnect Performance and On-Chip Photonics

• New research explores ultra-low-k COF dielectrics, screens topological conductors for nanoscale wires, and reveals high-pressure hexagonal GeSn alloys.

Electronics & EE · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 48 words

Nanoengineers realize an on-chip excitonic hyperlens

• When light passes through materials, it typically changes direction and bends in predictable ways. • This change in direction, known as refraction, is caused by a change in the s

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 170 words