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Solar cells: Losses made visible on the nanoscale

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Solar cells made of crystalline silicon achieve peak efficiencies, especially in combination with selective contacts made of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). However, their efficiency is limited by losses in these contact layers. Now, for the first tim...

Mar 17, 2021

Sweden’s Quantum Computer Project Shifts up a Gear and Sets Higher Goals

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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is almost doubling the annual budget of the research initiative Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, based at Chalmers University of... The post Sweden’s Quantum Computer Project Shifts up a Gear and Sets...

Mar 17, 2021

New quantum algorithm surpasses the QPE norm

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Researchers refine quantum computer-ready algorithm to measure the vertical ionization energies of atoms and molecules within 0.1 eV of precision.

Mar 17, 2021

Research Shows Promise of Acoustic Plasmons for Graphene-Based Optoelectronics Applications

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KAIST researchers and their collaborators at home and abroad have successfully demonstrated a new methodology for direct near-field optical imaging of acoustic graphene plasmon fields. This strategy...

Mar 17, 2021

A Novel Method to Construct Efficient-While-Little-Toxic Nanozymes

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Nanozymes, a group of inorganic catalysis-efficient particles, have been proposed as promising antimicrobials against bacteria. They are efficient in killing bacteria, thanks to their production of...

Mar 17, 2021

Researchers Explain the Physics Behind New Nanowire Design

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The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its behavior holds clues to new ways to store digital data. In a study published in Nano Letters, physicists from...

Mar 17, 2021

Trackable and guided 'nanomissiles' deliver cancer-fighting drug straight to the tumor

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Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Hadassah Medical Center have developed hybrid nanostructured particles that can be magnetically guided to the tumor, tracked by their fluorescence and pushed to release the drug on demand by ultr...

Mar 17, 2021

Technology to detect chemicals in fruit and vegetables

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An ITMO Ph.D. student with her colleagues from Russia, Spain and Singapore has developed flexible sensing films based on silver nanoparticles that can be used to identify the presence of pesticide residue on the surface of agricultural produce in ...

Mar 17, 2021

Light-Activated Material Could Enable Heliotropic Solar Cells

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Light-activated composite devices developed by Tufts University researchers were shown in testing to execute precise visible movements and form complex 3D shapes. The materials performed without wires or other actuating materials or energy sources...

Mar 17, 2021

Trackable and Guided ‘nanomissiles’ Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drug Straight to the Tumor

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Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Hadassah Medical Center have developed hybrid nanostructured particles that can be magnetically guided to the tumor, tracked by their fluorescence...

Mar 17, 2021

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