Solar energy harvested by semiconductors—materials whose electrical resistance is in between that of regular metals and insulators—can trigger surface electrochemical reactions to generate clean and sustainable fuels ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 8, 2019
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32
Experiments in astrophysics and nuclear and particle physics are crucial to analyse how the universe works. These usually require complex detector systems whose design and testing necessitate a deep understanding of a variety ...
General Physics
Feb 7, 2019
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6
Light is more energy-efficient and a faster way of transferring data than electricity. Until now, the rapid attenuation of light signals in microchips has prevented the use of light as a source of an information signal.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 5, 2019
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Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado have fabricated a 3-D transistor that's less than half the size of today's smallest commercial models. To do so, they developed a novel microfabrication technique that modifies ...
Nanophysics
Dec 10, 2018
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549
Crude oil is sticky stuff and often clogs filter membranes and other equipment used in the oil and gas industry. To address this problem, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 29, 2018
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45
A manufacturing technique that could help the semiconductor industry make more powerful computer chips began in the humblest of places—at a lunch table at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2018
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6
A 2011 invention made by Aalto University's researchers has proceeded from concept to reality. Just a few years ago the researchers obtained the record efficiency of 22% in the lab for nanostructured solar cells using atomic ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 10, 2018
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University of Wisconsin-Madison materials engineers have made a surprising discovery that could dramatically improve the lifetime of solar energy harvesting devices.
Nanophysics
Sep 7, 2018
3
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An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible?
Nanomaterials
Jan 3, 2018
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540
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have developed a customizable nanomaterial that combines metallic strength with a foam-like ability ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 12, 2017
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