Atomically thin building blocks could make optoelectrical devices more efficient
Researchers at Purdue University have developed new heterostructures that could make optoelectrical devices, such as solar panels and sensors, more efficient.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed new heterostructures that could make optoelectrical devices, such as solar panels and sensors, more efficient.
Nanomaterials
Feb 23, 2018
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Since lasers were first developed, the demand for more adaptable lasers has only increased. Chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs) are an emerging class of lasing devices that are poised to shape how lasers are used in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 24, 2018
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The electronic characteristics of an interface between two wide bandgap semiconductors are determined by researchers at KAUST: an insight that will help improve the efficiency of light-emitting and high-power electronic devices.
Nanomaterials
Nov 13, 2017
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Rice University scientists have discovered a two-dimensional alloy with an optical bandgap that can be tuned by the temperature used to grow it.
Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2017
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Discovered more than 100 years ago, black phosphorus was soon forgotten when there was no apparent use for it. In what may prove to be one of the great comeback stories of electrical engineering, it now stands to play a crucial ...
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2017
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The defining property of a semiconductor is its so-called bandgap: the barrier that prevents electrons within a specific energy range from flowing through a material. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and ...
Nanophysics
Feb 7, 2017
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Researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), in collaboration with Japanese partners, have determined the relation between the bandgap energy of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystals (CsPbBr3 NCs) and their size ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 19, 2016
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Sandia National Laboratories' Juan Elizondo-Decanini turned a long-standing problem into an idea he believes could lead to better and less expensive machines, from cell phones to pressure sensors.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 26, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Despite graphene's many impressive properties, its lack of a bandgap limits its use in electronic applications. In a new study, scientists have theoretically shown that a bandgap can be opened in graphene by ...
(Phys.org) —For solar panels, wringing every drop of energy from as many photons as possible is imperative. This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic engineering researchers on a quest to boost the ...
Nanophysics
Nov 11, 2013
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