News tagged with transparency
Stretchable graphene transistors overcome limitations of other materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to fabricating stretchable, transparent electronics, finding a material to make transistors from has been a significant challenge for researchers. They've explored a variety ...
Transparent phone display has front-and-back touch
(Phys.org) -- Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu attracted attention at this weeks 2012 Wireless Japan expo, with their transparent, dual-sided smartphone touchscreen. This is a see through ...
Engineers develop novel system for producing conductive films
(Phys.org) -- Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 07, 2012 |
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Japanese researchers turn a crab shell transparent
A group of researchers working out of Kyoto University in Japan have successfully transformed a normal crab into one that is transparent. As they describe in their paper published in the British Royal Society ...
Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor (w/ video)
Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Scientists get first detailed look at nitrogen doping in single-layer graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- The strength, flexibility, transparency and high electrical conductivity of single-layer graphene make it a potentially unique and valuable material for the next generation of electronic devices. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Turning windows into powerplants
If a new development from labs at MIT pans out as expected, someday the entire surface area of a buildings windows could be used to generate electricity without interfering with the ability to ...
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Physicists scale up invisibility cloaks using natural crystals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists from the University of Birmingham, with colleagues at Imperial College, London, and Technical University of Denmark, have demonstrated an 'invisibility cloak' that can hide a three-dimensional ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Flexible and transparent OLEDs from TDK (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flexible and translucent organic displays have been developed by TDK for use in bendable mobile phones and other gadgets, and the bendable display is expected to go into mass production ...
Copper Nanowires Enable Bendable Displays, Solar Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Duke University chemists has perfected a simple way to make tiny copper nanowires in quantity. The cheap conductors are small enough to be transparent, making them ideal for thin-film ...
Jun 01, 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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New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays
Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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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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New method could lead to narrower chip patterns
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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