silver nanowires could replace the transparent electrodes currently used in smart phone and tablet sensors
26 May 2016Cordelia Sealy
Sandwiching graphene between two layers of boron nitride produces a 'superlattice' that allows a single photon to excite multiple electrons.
23 May 2016
Scientists have discovered that the degradation of perovskite solar cells in sunlight is reduced at low temperatures and reversed in the dark.
23 May 2016
Silver nanowire films are proving to be an ideal replacement for indium tin oxide in flexible, touch-screen displays.
19 May 2016
Scientists have enhanced the photoluminescence efficiency of tungsten diselenide, a 2D semiconductor, by incorporating it on nanosized gold trenches.
16 May 2016
A new material can cool a solar cell by up to 13°C while still allowing it to absorb the same amount of light, increasing its conversion efficiency.
13 May 2016
Using a layer of molybdenum disulfide less than 1nm thick, researchers have designed a system able to absorb more than 35% of incident light.
12 May 2016
hydrogel ‘skin’ emits light and senses pressure when stretched
11 May 2016Cordelia Sealy
new way of printing color images using interference nanostructures
10 May 2016Cordelia Sealy
Engineers have used metamaterials and 3D printing to develop a novel lens able to focus electromagnetic radiation at terahertz frequencies.
9 May 2016
Superlattices could enable a new generation of electronic, optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices.
9 May 2016Cordelia Sealy