A new technique to develop unique solar cells could considerably enhance their efficiency. Apart from being made of thin layers, the cells also include nanoblocks that are specifically arranged....
Feb 3, 2021
Researchers from the College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at the National University of Defense Technology developed a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) laser system for scanning photoemission microscopy. The 177-nm VUV system was developed with a...
Feb 3, 2021
For more than 15 years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and their collaborators in the U.S., Australia, South Korea and China have fabricated artificial muscles by twisting and coiling carbon nanotube or polymer yarns. When therm...
Feb 3, 2021
A new technique for fabricating solar cells, with the help of specially arranged nanoblocks, could significantly improve their efficiency.
Feb 3, 2021
The sensitivity of the device is already superior to commercially available analogs based on semiconductors and superconductors, which opens up prospects for applications of the graphene detector in wireless communications, security systems, radio...
Feb 3, 2021
A surprisingly simple method improves 'drop casting' fabrication of tiled nanosheets that could be used in next-generation electronic devices. All you need is a pipette and a hotplate.
Feb 3, 2021
Thanks to options like Mpowerd Luci solar strings and BioLite NanoGrid hanging lanterns, string lighting has started to creep in on the old, reliable lantern as the campsite ambient lighting source of choice. Such hanging lights create as much atm...
Feb 3, 2021
Leading research materials supplier, Goodfellow, has announced it is a member of the UK-China Joint Working Group on the Graphene standardisation. The BSI Graphene Program, launched in 2017, aims...
Feb 3, 2021
Antimicrobial packaging is being developed to extend the shelf life and safety of foods and beverages. However, there is concern about the transfer of potentially harmful materials, such as silver nanoparticles, from these types of containers to c...
Feb 3, 2021
Scientists from MIPT, Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical tunneling in graphene. The sensitivity of the device is already...
Feb 3, 2021
