Optical materials news, August 2012

New design could blast 2D solar cells into space

Using computational modeling, researchers have shown that new a design for 2D transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells could double their efficiency.

Colorful future for new plasmonic paint

A novel plasmonic paint utilizes a nanoscale structural arrangement of aluminum and aluminum oxide to create different colors.

Gold nanoclusters promise treatment for Parkinson’s

clusters of gold nanoparticles promise a new way of treating the debilitating neurodegenerative condition Parkinson’s disease

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.

Fourth-generation biomedical materials