News tagged with tin oxide
Copper-nickel nanowires could be perfect fit for printable electronics
While the Statue of Liberty and old pennies may continue to turn green, printed electronics and media screens made of copper nanowires will always keep their original color.
May 29, 2012 |
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Quantum dot LEDs get brighter, more efficient
(Phys.org) -- While quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are not made of organic materials, they share many of the same advantages as organic LEDs (OLEDs). For instance, both QLEDs and OLEDs outshine ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Will carbon nanotubes replace indium tin oxide?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Up until now, George Grüner tells PhysOrg.com, most of the studies regarding the properties - and uses - of carbon nanotubes have been restricted to the visible spectral range. “We, however, were interested in the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Copper nanowire films could lower touch screen, LED and solar cell costs
Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and they could ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 26, 2011 |
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A single cell endoscope: Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Organic ternary data storage device developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The memory capacity of electronics devices could be increased in future thanks to an organic data storage system using ternary rather than binary data storage. The current prototype is designed ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Large sheets of graphene film produced for transparent electrodes (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a relatively new material with outstanding electrical, chemical and mechanical properties that make it an attractive material for use as flexible conductors of the sort used in ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Nanometer Graphene Makes Novel OLEDs Display
Researchers at Stanford University have successfully developed brand new concept of organic lighting-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with a few nanometer of graphene as transparent conductor. This paved the way for ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 10, 2010 |
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World's smallest battery: Charging makes nano-sized electrodes swell, elongate and spiral
(PhysOrg.com) -- New high resolution images of electrode wires made from materials used in rechargeable lithium ion batteries shows them contorting as they become charged with electricity. The thin, nano-sized ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Mechanical devices stamped on plastic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microelectromechanical devices -- tiny machines with moving parts -- are everywhere these days: they monitor air pressure in car tires, register the gestures of video game players, and reflect ...
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films Likely Successor to ITO for Commercial Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will the legacy of Nobel prize winner Richard Smalley finally be fulfilled? Ever since his pioneering work in the mid 1990's on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, companies have been struggling ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Researchers use carbon nanotubes to make solar cells affordable, flexible
Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a carbon-based material that could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested. The new solar cell material – a transparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Transparent solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- If solar cells were transparent they could be fitted to windows and building facades. Physical modeling helps in the development of suitable materials for transparent electronics and thus ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Transparent electronics from graphene-based electrodes (w/ Video)
Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 01, 2011 |
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