Going back to basics yields a printable, transparent plastic that's highly conductive
It was a simple idea—maybe even too simple to work.
Polymers
Dec 2, 2022
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News tagged with tin oxide
A low temperature nanoparticle ink
A simple and versatile nanoparticle ink could help next-generation perovskite solar cells to be printed at scale and become the dominant force in commercial photovoltaics.
Nanomaterials
Jul 5, 2022
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Relationship between silver nanowire film plasticity and shear fracture resistance
A research team led by Ji Shulin from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) studying the mechanism of silver nanowire films has recently discovered that the better the plasticity ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 20, 2022
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Nanomaterials: Light dependent atom clusters for sensing applications
In a new report now published in Nature Asia Materials, Kenshi Harada and a team in materials science and analytical science in Japan and France formed a new environment sensing device that explored the opto-ionic-electronic ...
A new theory to explain the transparency of metallic oxides
The electrons of some metal oxides, due to their large effective mass when coupled with the ionic lattice of the material, cannot follow the electric field of light and allow it to pass through the material. Transparent and ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 23, 2021
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Nanotech OLED electrode liberates 20% more light, could slash display power consumption
A new electrode that could free up 20% more light from organic light-emitting diodes has been developed at the University of Michigan. It could help extend the battery life of smartphones and laptops, or make next-gen televisions ...
Nanophysics
Jun 25, 2021
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Printing a better microgrid
The future of electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. One barrier to this, however, is that one of the most widely used transparent conductors for electronic displays—indium tin oxide (ITO)—doesn't perform ...
Materials Science
Jun 2, 2021
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Silver and gold nanowires open the way to better electrochromic devices
The team of Professor Dongling Ma of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) developed a new approach for foldable and solid devices.
Materials Science
Feb 22, 2021
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Spatial decoupling of light absorption and reaction sites in n-Si photocathodes for solar water splitting
Solar-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive approach to convert solar energy into chemical energy. Among many photoelectrode materials, crystalline silicon (c-Si) has drawn considerable attention ...
Materials Science
Jan 25, 2021
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Scientists develop novel self-healing human-machine interactive hydrogel touch pad
A research group led by Prof. Chen Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), developed a novel soft self-healing and adhesive human-machine interactive ...
Materials Science
Dec 11, 2020
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