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A giant leap to commercialization of polymer solar cell
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) demonstrated high-performance polymer solar cells (PSCs) with power conversion efficiency of 8.92% which is the highest values reported to date for plasmonic PSCs using metal nanoparticles.
Posted: May 7th, 2013
Read moreCreating ultra-low resistance metal/oxide contacts at the nanoscale
A pathway to creating low-resistance Ohmic contacts at nanoscale has been reported; a development which is of critical importance to the on-going advancement of oxide electronics.
Posted: May 7th, 2013
Read moreNew graphene sensors could vastly improve air and water quality testing
Researchers at CRANN, Ireland's leading nanoscience institute, funded by Science Foundation Ireland and based at Trinity College Dublin, have discovered a new concept in sensor-development. The research provides a completely new platform for the development of sensors worldwide and will lead to low-energy, remotely powered sensors that have greater detection capacity than those currently available.
Posted: May 7th, 2013
Read moreChaos can beat order - at least as far as light storage is concerned
Researchers deformed mirrors in order to disrupt the regular light path in an optical cavity and, surprisingly, the resulting chaotic light paths allowed more light to be stored than with ordered paths.
Posted: May 7th, 2013
Read moreNew metamaterial doubles up on invisibility (w/video)
The new material's artificial 'atoms' are designed to work with a broad range of light frequencies. With adjustments, the researchers believe it could lead to perfect microscope lenses or invisibility cloaks.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreEric Drexler's new book: Radical Abundance - How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization
Drexler's new book explores the coming revolution in nano-scale engineering, and how it will change the world as we know it.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreNanorobotics team is pioneering new medical technology (w/video)
A team of engineering students is putting a twist on robotics, developing a nanoscale robotics system that could lead to new medical therapies.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreComposite organic/inorganic thermoelectric is more than sum of its parts
Scientists have discovered highly conductive polymer behavior occurring at a polymer/nanocrystal interface. The composite organic/inorganic material is a thermoelectric and has a higher performance than either of its constituent materials. The results may impact not only thermoelectrics research, but also polymer/nanocrystal composites being investigated for photovoltaics, batteries, and hydrogen storage.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreResearchers develop unique method for creating uniform nanoparticles
University of Illinois researchers have developed a new way to produce highly uniform nanocrystals used for both fundamental and applied nanotechnology projects.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreResearchers develop flexible nanoelectronics for in-vivo wireless biomedical applications (w/video)
A team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless communication.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreDo-it-yourself invisibility with nanotechnology and 3D printing
Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple cloak has become a lot simpler.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreUbiquitous engineered nanomaterials cause lung inflammation, study finds
A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products, from sunscreens to the ink in copy machines to super-strong but lightweight sporting equipment, can cause lung inflammation and damage.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreNanomaterial registry seeks partners on data analysis
RTI is expanding the utility of its Nanomaterial Registry by partnering with research organizations, universities, and industry in the nanomaterial research community to answer important questions on the connections between nanomaterial physical and chemical characteristics and nanomaterial benefits and risks.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology engineers manipulate a buckyball by inserting a single water molecule
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball and to drive motion of the so-called 'big' nonpolar ball through the encapsulated 'small' polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field. They expect this method will lead to an array of new applications, including effective ways to control drug delivery.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreScientists detect residue that has hindered efficiency of promising type of solar cell
Researchers were able to detect for the first time a major contributing factor to this limitation: trace residues of catalyst material left over from the development process prevent the organic photovoltaics from converting the maximum amount of sunlight to electricity.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
Read moreScientists use magnetic nano-rods to investigate how matter assembles
In the microscopic world, everything is in motion: atoms and molecules vibrate, proteins fold, even glass is a slow flowing liquid. And during each movement there are interactions between the smallest elements and their neighbours. To make these movements visible, scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a special model system.
Posted: May 6th, 2013
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