New fabrication technique could provide breakthrough for solar energy systems
Atomic layer deposition process could greatly improve efficiency of solar rectenna arrays.
Feb 27th, 2013
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Nano 'beads on a string' could advance battery technology
Tiny beads of silicon, about ten thousand times thinner than a piece of paper, could someday make electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge or extend the life of your laptop's battery.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreMagnetic monopoles perform a random walk
Researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and the University of Oxford report experimental evidence that magnetic monopoles in spin ice undergo a random wandering motion analogous to the "Brownian" motion of pollen grains in water, first observed by Thomas Brown in 1827.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreClever battery completes stretchable electronics package
The rechargeable battery can stretch, twist and bend - and return to normal shape.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreBlueprint for an artificial brain
Scientists use memristors as key components in a blueprint for an artificial brain.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreConnecting the (quantum) dots
New spin technique moves researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology closer to creating the first viable high-speed quantum computer.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreLight particles illuminate the vacuum
Researchers from the Finnish Aalto University and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland showed experimentally that vacuum has properties not previously observed.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreEnhanced light-harvesting in quantum dot-metal-organic frameworks
Researchers report the functionalization of porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots for the enhancement of light harvesting via energy transfer from the QDs to the MOFs. This work paves the road for the development of efficient light harvesting complexes for solar energy conversion.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreActivated graphene breaks record for low temperature storage of electrical energy
A collaboration between researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia, The University of Texas at Austin, and Paul Sabatier University in Toulousse, France have recently engineered a supercapacitor system that can operate efficiently at very low temperatures - as low as -50 C.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreNew opportunities for crystal growth
Berkeley Lab facility provides unique capabilities for the synthesis of new crystals and materials.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreResearch to probe deep within a solar cell
Engineers and scientists from the University of Sheffield have pioneered a new technique to analyse PCBM, a material used in polymer photovoltaic cells, obtaining details of the structure of the material which will be vital to improving the cell's efficiency.
Feb 26th, 2013
Read moreResearchers develop new method of controlling nanodevices
In a discovery that could lead to big changes in storing digital information and powering motors in small hand-held devices, researchers at UCLA have developed a method for switching tiny magnetic fields on and off with an electric field - a sharp departure from the traditional approach of running a current through a wire.
Feb 25th, 2013
Read moreStudy for the Swiss Hazardous Incident Ordinance looks at nanomaterials
Empa has produced a study for the Federal Office for the Environment in order to clarify whether special regulations should be incorporated into the Federal Hazardous Incident Ordinance with regard to human and ecotoxicity.
Feb 25th, 2013
Read moreEuropean collaboration sheds light on plasmonic enhancement of solar cell efficiency
Imec, together with its project partners, have cooperated within an EU 7th framework program (FP7) project PRIMA to improve both the efficiency and cost of solar cells. In particular, they have worked on a light trapping strategy utilizing metal nanostructures that allows plasmons to increase the absorption within the solar cell structure.
Feb 25th, 2013
Read moreLaser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity
MIT and Brookhaven Lab physicists measure fleeting electron waves to uncover the elusive mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity.
Feb 24th, 2013
Read moreGraphene multiplies the power of light
ICFO scientists show that graphene is highly efficient in converting light to electricity.
Feb 24th, 2013
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