News tagged with glass substrate

IBM develops promising contender for cheaper solar cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar cells could make fossil fuels virtually redundant if they were cheaper, but their use of rare elements and complex manufacturing processes makes them expensive. Now IBM Research has ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (43) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

Breakthrough could lead to disposable e-readers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough in a University of Cincinnati engineering lab that could clear the way for a low-cost, even disposable, e-reader is gaining considerable attention.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Advance made in thin-film solar cell technology

Researchers have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells - an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

'Dark plasmons' transmit energy

Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons," according to researchers at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Panasonic turns on OLED lighting roadmap, announces record efficiency

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japan-based Panasonic Electric Works (PEW) has announced an aggressive roadmap to make organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) lighting a part of the not so distant future. The company has said ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Glass electrodes used in nanoscale pump

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of engineers from the U.S. and South Korea has developed what is believed to be the smallest man-made pump ever built, powered by a glass electrode. The pump is about the same size ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

AGC creates 15% lighter glass for mobile devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asahi Glass Co. (AGC), a Tokyo-based makers of flat glass, automotive glass, display glass, chemicals and other high-tech materials and components, has announced the creation of a the world's ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog