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Engineers create an erasable semiconductor programmed with light
Engineers have developed a new semiconductor that can be programmed using light and then erased, allowing its properties to be rewritten repeatedly. The advance could pave the way for reconfigurable electronic devices whose functions are changed optically rather than through fixed manufacturing. Coverage is highlighting it as a notable step in flexible, light-controlled materials for future electronics.
Why now: Breakthrough research on reprogrammable light-controlled semiconductors is drawing attention as a potential shift in how electronic devices are designed.
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- Engineers create an erasable semiconductor programmed with light · Technology Org
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