Optical materials news

Announcing the launch of Best Paper Prizes on Elseviers Leading Polymer Journals

New study dives into solar cell materials for underwater use

Researchers have demonstrated that solar cells made from organic materials may be better than traditional silicon solar cells for use underwater.

Excluding molecular dopants improves organic conductors

Organic semiconductors improved by polymer combination

Carbon nanotubes get into the groove

Researchers have found that small grooves in filter paper can cause single-walled carbon nanotubes to line up side-by-side in 2D films.

New approach to GaN nanowire growth for cheaper LEDs

Producing single crystalline GaN nanowire growth based on an amorphous substrate

Professor’s work gave her a window into gender inequity, so she took action

Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser is using an Agents of Change grant to empower women in academia

New crystalline material displays both ferroelectricity and chirality

Researchers have synthesized a crystalline material with two properties previously unseen in a single material: ferroelectricity and chirality.

Nanoparticle catalysts promise artificial photosynthesis

new nanoparticle catalyst could drive artificial photosynthesis to provide clean energy while removing anthropogenic CO2 from the atmosphere

Polarized light can give a hand to 2D material

Researchers have used circularly polarized mid-infrared light to control and enhance the chirality of electron distribution in a 2D material.

Novel hydrogel traps the light within

By changing density in response to illumination with a beam of light, a novel hydrogel can trap light inside specific sections of itself.

Optical manipulation not just a phase for 2D materials

When placed on top of passive silicon waveguides, 2D materials can change the phase of light as strongly as existing silicon phase modulators.

New approach illuminates damage in polymer composites

Researchers have used small molecules that fluoresce after the impact of mechanical force to detect damage in fiber-reinforced polymers.

Silver sawtooth provides quantum leap for 2D material

Scientists used a silver sawtooth nanoslit array to produce valley-coherent photoluminescence in 2D tungsten disulfide at room temperature.

Appealing new method for stacking complex oxide layers

Using a peel-away layer of graphene, researchers can produce freestanding ultrathin layers of complex oxides and then stack them together.

Elsevier - The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens

New doping technique puts pressure on large solar cell crystals

Researchers have developed a more efficient, safer and cost-effective way to produce large, high purity crystals of cadmium telluride for solar cells.

Introducing the three new editors of Nuclear Materials & Energy

Blue LED shines light on limitation of halide perovskites

Scientists have discovered that the crystal structure of halide perovskites changes with temperature, humidity and the chemical environment.