A team of researchers has developed a new microscope that can image the elemental and magnetic properties of a wide range of energy-important materials that are used in devices such as solar cells and solid-state lighting.
Posted: Jun 14th, 2012
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have developed a technique that enables metallic nanocrystals to self-assemble into larger, complex materials for next-generation antennas and lenses.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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In the not-too-distant future, scientists may be able to use DNA to grow their own specialized materials, thanks to the concept of directed evolution. UC Santa Barbara scientists have, for the first time, used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to develop the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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A phenomenon first observed by an ancient Greek philosopher 2,300 years ago has become the basis for a new device designed to harvest the enormous amounts of energy wasted as heat each year to produce electricity. The first-of-its-kind 'pyroelectric nanogenerator' is the topic of a new report.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
Read moreImprovements in the efficiencies of organic solar cells will eventually make them competitive with traditional silicon-based solar cells and, hopefully, ultimately with fossil fuels.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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Freiburg research team develops method for sustainable use of CO2.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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A scientist from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) may be onto an ocean of discovery because of his research into a little sea creature called the mantis shrimp.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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Kieler Forschungsgruppe schaltet Magnetismus von einzelnen Molekülen.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
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Implantable fuel cell built at MIT could power neural prosthetics that help patients regain control of limbs.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
Read moreMIT team finds new approach to trapping light efficiently in thin-film silicon solar cells.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
Read moreImec is successfully testing and evaluating various options for further transistor scaling using high-k dielectrics and metal gates in a replacement metal gate (RMG) integration schema.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
Read moreForscher der Universität Regensburg konnten jetzt zeigen, dass die elektrische Lichterzeugung von OLEDs sehr stark von magnetischen Feldern abhängt. Damit lassen sich OLEDs als empfindliche Magnetsensoren einsetzen.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2012
Read moreNIST is taking a huge step into the ultra-small with the Precision Imaging Facility (PIF) now being outfitted in new Precision Measurement Laboratory on the Boulder campus.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2012
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Spintronic device uses thin-film organic semiconductor.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2012
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In life, we sort soiled laundry from clean; ripe fruit from rotten. Two Johns Hopkins engineers say they have found an easy way to use gravity or simple forces to similarly sort microscopic particles and bits of biological matter - including circulating tumor cells.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2012
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Selective and effective: silicon nanowires as photoelectrodes for carbon dioxide fixation.
Posted: Jun 12th, 2012
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