Toshiba Mobile Display has developed a 7.0-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) for vehicle-mounted and industrial uses that enables multi-touch input on the display ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and SiEnergy Systems LLC have demonstrated the first macro-scale thin-film solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC).
Nanomaterials
Apr 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
General Physics
Mar 31, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from North Carolina State University have investigated the viability of a technique called "spincasting" for creating thin films of nanoparticles on an underlying substrate – an important ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2011
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The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside.
Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you look closely at the surface of a moth's cornea, you see that it is comprised of tiny protruding bumps. These bumps exist to keep moths safe from predators by preventing light from reflecting in their ...
Engineering
Mar 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser.
Engineering
Mar 8, 2011
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The importance of silicon for almost every element in modern-day electronic devices and computers is due largely to its crystalline atomic structure. Crystalline silicon, however, is much more expensive to produce than its ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 4, 2011
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A fundamental component of a field-effect transistor (FET) is the gate dielectric, which determines the number of charge carriers -- electrons or electron vacancies -- that can be injected into the active channel of the device. ...
Nanophysics
Feb 24, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered technique makes it possible to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties.
Materials Science
Feb 22, 2011
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