News tagged with nanocrystals
Related topics: solar cells , quantum dots
Researchers Record First Real-Time Direct Observations of Nanocrystal Growth in Solution (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The veil is being lifted from the once unseen world of molecular activity. Not so long ago only the final products were visible and scientists were forced to gauge the processes behind those ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Coupling of Single Quantum Dots to Smooth Metal Films
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory's CNM Nanophotonics Group have measured how light emission from individual colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, is modified when in proximity to ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists Create Smallest Ever Droplet of Acid, Solve Ozone Puzzle
(PhysOrg.com) -- In its atomic form, chlorine can destroy vast quantities of ozone. But exactly how chlorine is created in the ultracold conditions of the stratosphere has puzzled scientists. Now, a team of ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Nanocrystals reveal activity within cells
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created bright, stable and bio-friendly nanocrystals that act as individual investigators of activity within ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Discovery of Non-blinking Semiconductor Nanocrystals Advances their Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 28, 2009 |
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Discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals advances their applications
Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 14, 2009 |
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New nanocrystals show potential for cheap lasers, new lighting
For more than a decade, scientists have been frustrated in their attempts to create continuously emitting light sources from individual molecules because of an optical quirk called "blinking," but now scientists ...
May 10, 2009 |
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Turning sunlight into liquid fuels (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Research Highlights Potential for Improved Solar Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Los Alamos researchers led by Victor Klimov has shown that carrier multiplication—when a photon creates multiple electrons—is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 10, 2009 |
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