News tagged with semiconducting compounds
Hong Kong researchers break new ground in nanotechnology
A pioneering study by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown that sandwiching a simple layer of silver nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of organic transistors ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Secrets of the first practical artificial leaf
A detailed description of development of the first practical artificial leaf — a milestone in the drive for sustainable energy that mimics the process, photosynthesis, that green plants use to convert ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Researchers develop paint-on solar cells (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Making liquid crystals stand tall
Most liquid-crystalline displays contain rod-like molecules that quickly switch from one orientation to another when subjected to electric fields. This movement creates a shutter effect that turns light on ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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New generation of superlattice cameras add more 'color' to night vision
Recent breakthroughs have enabled scientists from the Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices to build cameras that can see more than one optical waveband or "color" in the dark. The semiconducting material used ...
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Spinning new materials in a thread for fiber-based electronics, photonics devices
Researchers at MIT have succeeded in making a fine thread that functions as a diode, a device at the heart of modern electronics. This feat — made possible by a new approach to a type of fiber manufacturing ...
May 20, 2011 |
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Technique reveals quantum phase transition; could lead to superconducting transistors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like atomic-level bricklayers, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are using a precise atom-by-atom layering technique to fabricate an ultrathin ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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New ways to harvest light with low-cost photovoltaic materials
The direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using photovoltaics is becoming an increasingly important technology for renewable energy generation as a replacement for fossil fuels, with applications ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Long and narrow, free of defects, and soluble: graphene nanoribbons by bottom-up synthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic components based on graphene could render our current silicon-based electronics obsolete. Graphene, a more recently discovered form of carbon, consists of two-dimensional sheets ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Cheap, sensitive sensors could detect explosives, toxins in water
(PhysOrg.com) -- A sensitive new Stanford-developed disposable chip detects low concentrations of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a close chemical cousin of the dreaded toxic nerve agent sarin in water ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Carbonized TiO2 nanotubes with semimetallic properties increase the efficiency of methanol fuel cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of nanotubes usually means carbon nanotubes. But not all tiny tubes are made of carbon. For example, layers made of nanoscopic titanium dioxide have proven to be useful materials for biotechnology, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 08, 2009 |
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