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Materials Science Jul 27, 2022

Adding one more layer of metal fluoride can enhance performance of solar cells

Inserting a metal fluoride layer in multilayered perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells can stall charge recombination and enhance performance, KAUST researchers have found.

Nanophysics Jun 20, 2022

New class of excitons with hybrid dimensionality in layered silicon diphosphide

Researchers from Nanjing University and Beihang University in China and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany, have produced a new class of exciton with hybrid dimensionality ...

Optics & Photonics May 26, 2022

Size effect of AlGaInP red micro-LEDs on silicon substrate

Micro-LEDs have been used in many fields due to their superior performance, such as micro-displays, visible light communication, optical biochips, wearable devices, and biosensors. Obtaining high resolution and high pixel ...

Environment May 26, 2022

Silicone wristbands track firefighters' exposure to harmful chemicals

Firefighters have a 9% higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14% higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety ...

Nanophysics May 17, 2022

New silicon nanowires can really take the heat

Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. 

Nanomaterials May 5, 2022

Reconfigurable silicon nanoantennas controlled by vectorial light field

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances considers reconfigurable silicon nano antennas controlled by vectorial light field.

Optics & Photonics Apr 20, 2022

Developing a low-cost, high-precision fabrication method for thin mirrors and silicon wafers

Technologies that depend on lightweight, high-precision optical systems, like space telescopes, X-ray mirrors, and display panels, have developed significantly over the past several decades, but more advanced progress has ...

Nanomaterials Mar 21, 2022

Researchers develop silicon cuboid nanoantenna

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, researchers from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, discuss silicon cuboid nanoantenna with simultaneous large Purcell factor for electric dipole, magnetic ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 18, 2022

A chip-scale broadband light source in silicon carbide

Optical frequency combs have changed science and technology as we know it. Responsible for measuring things like infrared and ultraviolet light, greenhouse gases, atomic clocks, and disease, optical frequency combs act as ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 11, 2022

New vibes in information technology: A ground-breaking platform for advanced multi-signal systems

Current computer and telecommunication technologies use electrical charges (electrons) and light (photons) to transport information. However, a breakthrough in this field could be brought about by the introduction of mechanical ...

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