Optical materials news, March 2017

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Nano-grained perovskite LEDs shine more brightly

Perovskite materials have optoelectronic properties promising for cheap, easy to make LEDs.

Taking 2D layered perovskites to the edge of efficiency

Scientists have discovered that "layer-edge-states" are responsible for the high efficiencies seen with 2D layered hybrid perovskites.

Polymer-protected silicon nanosheets could rival graphene

Scientists have combined silicon nanosheets with a polymer to produce a composite material that is UV-resistant and easy to process.

Pyramid-shaped gold nanoparticles assemble into complex crystals

Scientists have shown that DNA can control the assembly of bipyramidal gold nanoparticles into a complex crystal structure known as a clathrate.

Today is the final day to enter the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize

The deadline is Monday 13 March 2017.

Nanomaterial sandwich offers delicious properties

Sandwiching nanoclusters of magnesium oxide between two slices of graphene produces a material with enhanced optoelectronic properties.

Colloidal particles self-assemble into photonic crystals

Colloidal spheres can self-assemble into diamond and pyrochlore crystal structures that form the basis for photonic crystals.

Only a few days left to enter the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize

The deadline is Monday 13 March 2017.

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New technique can measure electronic properties of 2D materials

A new technique uses the photoelectric effect to measure the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional materials.