Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology made important progress in the controlled preparation study of graphene nanoribbons. Researcher Wang Haimin’s team of State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics achieved controlled growth of graphene nanoribbons in hexagonal boron nitride trenches for the first time internationally, successfully opened the graphene bandgap, and verified its excellent electrical properties at room temperature, which provided a possible technical path for the development of graphene digital circuit.[ Learn more ]

Recently, the SOI (Silicon on insulator) Materials and Devices Research Group of the State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, made important progress in the research on the preparation of graphene directly on the insulating substrates. The preparation of graphene on insulator is an important basic condition to promote the application of graphene in the field of microelectronics. In response to this demand, the SOI Materials and Devices Research Group researchers used germanium thin films as catalysts and successfully prepared high-quality monolayer graphene material on silicon dioxide, sapphire, quartz glass and other i...[ Learn more ]

From Apr 25 to 26, the two-day "2017 International China (Shanghai) Internet of Things Conference" was held in Jiading, Shanghai. The conference was jointly sponsored by Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Institute of Electronics and organized by the IoT Expert Committee of Chinese Institute of Electronics, Administration Committee of Shanghai Jiading Industrial Zone and Shanghai Internet of Things Co., Ltd. with the vigorous support of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and China Association for Science and Technology. The conference attracted more than 1,500 industry elites and leaders to participate. [ Learn more ]

Recently, Tao Hu, Researcher of the State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) and his team invented a new kind of degradable biomedical device with controllable degradation rate through the silk in the traditional textile industry. Shanghai TV News Comprehensive Channel Reporter Zhang Guoxia conducted an exclusive interview on this technology.[ Learn more ]

Ding Guqiao's research group of State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences independently discovered new two-dimensional semiconductor quantum material C3N. The related research paper "C3N-a 2-Dimensional crystalline, hole-free, tunable-narrow-bandgap semiconductor with ferromagnetic properties" was published online in the top international academic journal "Advanced Materials" on February 28, 2017 [ Learn more ]