Quantum-dot solar windows evolve with 'doctor-blade' spreading
A research team demonstrates an important step in taking quantum dot, solar-powered windows from the laboratory to the construction site.
Oct 24th, 2016
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Talking speckles
The amount of light, passing through an opaque layer, can be enhanced using smart techniques. At the same time, the amount of reflected light diminishes, researchers now show. It's as if light speckles have a conversation of their own.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreNew materials with photonic crystals that filter radiation
Researchers have proposed various designs of materials of a photonic crystal type that can be used to filter radiation. Specifically, the focus has been to develop a coating comprising dielectric spheres which if applied to a window, for example, would prevent the outside heat entering in the summer and the indoor heat from escaping in winter.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreNew tri-layer structure increases energy density in lithium batteries
Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles.
Oct 24th, 2016
Read moreWhen quantum scale affects the way atoms emit and absorb particles of light
Exact simulation lifts the 80-year-old mystery of the degree to which atoms can be dressed with photons.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreNew nanomedicine approach aims to improve HIV drug therapies
New research aims to improve the administration and availability of drug therapies to HIV patients through the use of nanotechnology.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreA new class of materials could realize quantum computers
Scientists have discovered a new class of materials that can prove ideal for the implementation of spintronics.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreNanoantenna lighting-rod effect produces fast optical switches
Scientists have produced a fast nanoscale optical transistor using gold nanoantenna assisted phase transition.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreNanotechnology: Genes on the rack
Physicists have developed a novel nanotool that provides a facile means of characterizing the mechanical properties of biomolecules.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreNon-metal catalyst splits hydrogen molecule
Boron compounds extend range of possible chemical synthesis applications.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read morePhysicists use lasers to capture first snapshots of rapid chemical bonds breaking
Lasers have successfully recorded a chemical reaction that happens as fast as a quadrillionth of a second, which could help scientists understand and control chemical reactions.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreNew antireflective coating reduces stray light and reflections
Researchers are exhibiting a new type of antireflective coating that significantly reduces stray light and reflections from plastic lenses. Not only does this improve the performance of cameras and headlights, it's also good news for virtual reality technologies and Industrie 4.0.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreResearchers find way to tune thermal conductivity of 2-D materials
Researchers have found an unexpected way to control the thermal conductivity of two-dimensional materials, which will allow electronics designers to dissipate heat in electronic devices that use these materials.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read moreThe nanostructured cloak of invisibility
Scientists manipulate surfaces in such a manner that they hardly reflect any light and practically become invisible.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read more'Snap freezing' produces different state
The state that a correlated-electron material adopts on cooling depends on how rapidly it is cooled.
Oct 21st, 2016
Read morePolymer scaffolds build a better pill to swallow
Nanoparticle drugs can make it easier for medications to reach their target.
Oct 21st, 2016
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