News tagged with organic semiconductor
Researchers develop new method for the production of microlenses
Inspired from Mother Nature: The body of the brittlestar Ophiocoma wendtii is studded with tiny crystalline lenses made of calcium carbonate. Microlenses like these are of great interest technologically, yet th ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Record conductivity achieved in strained lattice organic semiconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic semiconductors could usher in an era of foldable smartphones, better high-definition television screens and clothing made of materials that can harvest energy from the sun needed to ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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In new quantum-dot LED design, researchers turn troublesome molecules to their advantage
By nestling quantum dots in an insulating egg-crate structure, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a robust new architecture for quantum-dot light-emitting devices ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Flexible electronics hold promise for consumer applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Wake Forest University has advanced the field of plastic-based flexible electronics by developing, for the first time, an extremely large molecule that is stable, possesses ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Electrical conductor sparks interest
Chemists at Harvard and three other institutions have created a purified version of an organic semiconductor with electrical properties that put it among a small handful of organic compounds and that provides ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Faster organic semiconductors for flexible displays can be developed quickly with new method
(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic semiconductors hold immense promise for use in thin film and flexible displays – picture an iPad you can roll up – but they haven’t yet reached the speeds needed to ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Nano Gold Rush: Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organic polymers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Breaking Kasha's rule: Scientists find unique luminescence in tetrapod nanocrystals
Observation of a scientific rule being broken can sometimes lead to new knowledge and important applications. Such would seem to be the case when scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Researchers identify cost-effective method for eliminating contaminants from carbon nanotubes
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), SEMATECH and The University of Texas at Dallas researchers are the first to demonstrate that specific potentially hazardous organic contaminants present in a type of single-walled ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Solar cells will be fabricated by a single organic semiconductor
The fabrication of organic thin-film solar cells has been simplified due to new research findings. Where previously two types of organic semiconductors were required, doping the semiconductor fullerene with molybdenum oxide ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Organic chips - not just in your kitchen anymore
(PhysOrg.com) -- IMEC researchers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, in San Francisco, California are expected to introduce a microprocessor made with organic semiconductors.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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New equation could advance research in solar cell materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- A groundbreaking new equation developed in part by researchers at the University of Michigan could do for organic semiconductors what the Shockley ideal diode equation did for inorganic semiconductors: ...
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Discovery paves way for development of efficient, inexpensive plastic solar cells
Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered new properties in a material that could result in efficient and inexpensive plastic solar cells for pollution-free electricity production.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Single-crystal films could advance solar cells (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have developed a new method to create a patterned single-crystal thin film of semiconductor material that could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells and batteries.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Developing countries may not benefit from adopting international treaties
A new study by an Oregon State University business professor has found that developing countries that adopt major international economic treaties do not necessarily gain more foreign direct investment.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 16, 2010 |
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