Environment-friendly solar panels consisting of the abundant materials Cu, Zn, Sn are hindered by their low practical efficiency compared to their theoretical potential. Researchers have now discovered a way to overcome these hurdles.
Jun 25th, 2020
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With their experiments, scientists confirmed certain energy transitions in quantum dots that had previously only been predicted theoretically: the so-called radiative Auger process.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds of evenly spaced, sharply defined frequencies, can be used to measure the colors of light waves with great precision.
Jun 25th, 2020
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A novel material could enable major leaps in the miniaturization of electronic devices.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Scientists designed and fabricated a remote forest fire detection and alarm system powered by nothing but the movement of the trees in the wind.
Jun 25th, 2020
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Researchers have developed a high-precision technology that enables them to carve nanometric patterns into two-dimensional materials.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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There are physical limits to how powerful computers can become if they are to maintain their size. Molecular electronics can solve that problem, and now researchers are contributing to this field with a new, efficient conducting material, based on molecules.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Scientists have developed a new approach for generating layered, difficult-to-combine, heterostructured solids.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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A new EU project focuses on quantum materials, whose properties can be modified significantly by elastic deformation.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Researchers have managed to manipulate and track the movement of individual magnetic vortices called skyrmions, which have been touted as strong candidates to act as information carriers in next-generation storage devices and as synapses for neuromorphic computing.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Researchers report that the twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide WSe2 enables the realization of exotic correlated phenomena, including high-Tc superconductivity and correlated insulators, in a controlled manner and without the geometrical restriction found in twisted bilayer graphene.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Scientists have managed to drive a prototypical antiferromagnet into a new magnetic state using terahertz frequency light.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Traditional fluorescent dyes to examine bacteria viability are toxic and suffer poor photostability - but using the Vortex Fluidic Device has enabled the preparation of a new generation of aggregation-induced emission dye luminogens using graphene oxide.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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Light interacts with itself to form self-sustaining waves in an artificial topological material.
Jun 22nd, 2020
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Engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.
Jun 22nd, 2020
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'Janus' nanorods convert light to heat that can destroy pollutants.
Jun 22nd, 2020
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