News tagged with reflective coating

Interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells above 23% efficiency

Imec together with its silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program partners Schott Solar, Total, Photovoltech, GDF-SUEZ, Solland Solar, Kaneka and Dow Corning, have demonstrated an excellent conversion ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Parabolic mirrors concentrate sunlight to power lasers

Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic mirrors to create "heat rays" to burn the ships attacking Syracuse. Though the underpinnings of that claim are speculative at best, a modern-day team ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Bird-friendly glass looks like spider web to birds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new bird-friendly glass has been developed that could prevent the deaths and serious injuries of countless birds that fly at high speed into glass windows.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Perfectly non-reflecting

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new nanocoating ensures a perfectly non-reflecting view on displays and through eyeglasses. The necessary surface structure is applied to the polymeric parts during manufacture, obviating ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant

Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0