A paper published in Nature Communications by Sufei Shi, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, increases our understanding of how light interacts with atomically thin semiconductors and ...
Nanophysics
Oct 10, 2018
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Engineers at ANU have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently, and it is thin and flexible enough to help make devices such as mobile phones bendable.
Nanomaterials
Oct 5, 2018
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Thin-film solar cells made of crystalline silicon are inexpensive and achieve efficiencies of around 14 percent. However, they could do even better if their shiny surfaces reflected less light. A team led by Prof. Christiane ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 18, 2018
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Engineers at the University of Maryland have created a thin battery, made of a few million carefully constructed "microbatteries" in a square inch. Each microbattery is shaped like a very tall, round room, providing much ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2018
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One in five mobile phone users in the UK have cracked their screen by dropping the phone in a three year period, according to a YouGov poll. The mobile screens break easily because they are usually made from an oxide material ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 10, 2018
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Wind turbines towering hundreds of feet over many landscapes herald a future of endless, clean energy.
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2018
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Through the emerging field of optogenetics, a technology that allows genetically modified neurons in living tissue to be precisely controlled by means of light, scientists are attempting to gain a better understanding of ...
Engineering
Aug 21, 2018
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Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could unlock new methods of making solar energy more efficient.
Materials Science
Jul 26, 2018
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In a study published in Science this week, the researchers describe the dielectric properties of water that is only a few molecules thick. Such water was previously predicted to exhibit a reduced electric response but it ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 21, 2018
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Carbon nanotubes – cylindrical formations of carbon atoms with incredible strength and electrical conductivity – hold great promise for creating new micron-scale low-power electronic devices.
Nanomaterials
Jun 15, 2018
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