An international research group improved perovskite solar cells efficiency by using materials with better light absorption properties. For the first time, researchers used silicon nanoparticles.
Sep 6th, 2018
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Researchers have developed a revolutionary method to 'print' large-scale sheets of two dimensional piezoelectric material, opening new opportunities for piezo-sensors and energy harvesting.
Sep 6th, 2018
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Efficient generation of photon pairs from modified carbon nanotubes shows path to new types of light sources.
Sep 6th, 2018
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Scientists uncover a way to control terahertz radiation using tiny engineered particles in a magnetic field, potentially opening the doors for better medical and environmental sensors.
Sep 6th, 2018
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A new approach to atom probe tomography promises more precise and accurate measurements vital to semiconductors used in computers, lasers, detectors, and more.
Sep 6th, 2018
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New method can make films of atomically thin carbon that are over a foot long.
Sep 6th, 2018
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Scientists have invented a new and cost-effective method for making X-ray lenses with nanometer-sized features and excellent focusing capabilities.
Sep 6th, 2018
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Advanced microscopy study reveals insights into the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles.
Sep 5th, 2018
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As much as 100 times more heat than predicted by the standard radiation theory can flow between two nanoscale objects, even at bigger-than-nanoscale distances.
Sep 5th, 2018
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Scientists report that they have found a way to encapsulate micromotors into pills. The pill's coating protects the devices as they traverse the digestive system prior to releasing their drug cargo.
Sep 5th, 2018
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Physicists have performed laser spectroscopy on cadmium isotopes to confirm an improved model of the atomic nucleus. It has been developed to describe the exceptional behaviour of the radii of calcium isotopes.
Sep 5th, 2018
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Researchers are developing ways to use graphene efficiently in novel optical technologies with potential applications in medical imaging, biosensing, signal processing and computing.
Sep 5th, 2018
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Scientists have developed a quantitative SERS technique to probe the maximum plasmonic fields before effects such as electron tunneling become dominant.
Sep 5th, 2018
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Optical effect detailed in organic molecules with fewer than 50 atoms.
Sep 4th, 2018
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Atomic physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics that is increasingly relevant thanks to Silicon Valley's inexorable quest for miniaturization.
Sep 4th, 2018
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Having already succeeded in 'filming' inter-molecular chemical reactions - using the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) as a stop-frame imaging tool - researchers have now achieved time-resolved imaging of atomic-scale dynamics and chemical transformations promoted by metal nanoclusters.
Sep 4th, 2018
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