One small change makes solar cells more efficient
Scientists can significantly improve the performance of quantum dot solar cells by adding small amounts of alternate metals.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreScientists can significantly improve the performance of quantum dot solar cells by adding small amounts of alternate metals.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreThis work offers strong evidence for the formation of polarons that are important for understanding energy transport in complex materials.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreA new NSF CAREER award to study the structure of hydrogels - jelly-like materials that have some of the properties of solids, but are largely composed of water.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreEngineers added nanoparticles to wood, then used it to filter toxic dyes from water.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreA method for calculating physical effects in materials with strong interactions between their electrons holds promise for analyzing these intriguing materials.
Apr 21st, 2017
Read moreBy careful synthesis of ultrafine layered structures or superlattices, built from layers of lead titanate and strontium titanate, researchers discovered they could create electrical spirals, called polar vortices, similar to the rotating vortices observed in magnetic systems.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreNew state of matter may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreMaterials science researchers have developed a model that can account for irregularities in how atoms arrange themselves at the so-called 'grain boundaries' - the interface where two materials meet.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreA team of researchers has developed a plant-derived material that can be used to purify water potentially far more effectively than current petroleum-based membrane materials.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreWidely used microscopy technique has unintended consequences new research reveals.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreComputer modelling of nano-indentation studies performed on ion-irradiated steels has generated 3D stress-field maps on an engineering scale that agree well with experimental results.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreIt was a big challenge and a small particle. Scientists determined the three-dimensional position of more than 23,000 atoms in a tiny iron-platinum particle with 22 picometer precision.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have made a significant step toward breaking the so-called 'color barrier' of light microscopy for biological systems, allowing for much more comprehensive, system-wide labeling and imaging of a greater number of biomolecules in living cells and tissues than is currently attainable.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreScientists demonstrated that a vacancy in graphene can be charged in a controllable way such that electrons can be localized to mimic the electron orbitals of an artificial atom. Importantly, the trapping mechanism is reversible (turned on and off) and the energy levels can be tuned.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreResearchers built a fully functional, nanometer-sized transistor by using atomically flat, two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide semiconductor and a single-walled carbon nanotube imbedded in zirconium dioxide.
Apr 20th, 2017
Read moreEngineers use graphene as a 'copy machine' to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.
Apr 19th, 2017
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