News tagged with laser ablation
Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), Imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells
Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Polarizers may enhance remote chemical detection
Chemists can analyze the composition of a suspected bomb -- without actually touching and possibly detonating it -- using a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS. The tool is also commonly used for ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Cutting-edge laser technology for crime labs developed by FIU research team
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jose Almirall, director of FIU’s International Forensics Research Institute (IFRI), and his research team have been attracting national attention for their cutting-edge research on how laser-induced ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Ultrashort laser ablation enables novel metal films
Laser ablation is well known in medical applications like dermatology and dentistry, and for more than a decade it has been used to vaporize materials that are difficult to evaporate for high-tech applications like deposition ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Mayo Clinic finds early success with laser that destroys tumors with heat
Physicians at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus are among the first in the nation to use a technique known as MRI-guided laser ablation to heat up and destroy kidney and liver tumors. So far, five patients have been successfully ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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LAMIS -- a green chemistry alternative for laser spectroscopy
At some point this year, after NASA's rover Curiosity has landed on Mars, a laser will fire a beam of infrared light at a rock or soil sample. This will "ablate" or vaporize a microgram-sized piece of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 01, 2012 |
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