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Molecular dispersion enhances quasi-bilayer organic solar cells

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Based on a polymeric donor PBDBT-2F and a nonfullerene (NF) acceptor Y6, researchers proposed a strategy to improve the properties of photovoltaic performances in PHJ-based OSCs through dilute dispersions of the PBDBT-2F donor into the acceptor-do...

Aug 27, 2020

Topological superconducting phase protected by 1D local magnetic symmetries

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Scientists from China and USA classified 1D gapped topological superconducting quantum wires with local magnetic symmetries (LMSs), in which the time-reversal symmetry is broken but its combinations with certain crystalline symmetries, such as MxT...

Aug 27, 2020

Round nanoparticles improve quality factors of surface lattice resonances: Study

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A research group led by Dr. LI Guangyuan from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that nanohemisphere arrays can significantly improve the quality factors of surface lattice resonances.

Aug 27, 2020

Optical imaging enters sub-nanometer era

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Researchers improved the spatial resolution from 8 nm to ~8 Å of photoluminescence imaging. It realized sub-molecular resolution with single molecule photofluorescence imaging for the first time.

Aug 27, 2020

Germany calls for REACH nano registrations discussion platform

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Lack of transparency seen as an obstacle to compliance

Aug 26, 2020

Quantum computers may be destroyed by high-energy particles from space

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The power of a quantum computer is limited by how long it can remain in a certain state, and high-energy particles hurtling from space can destroy those quantum states

Aug 26, 2020

Quantum computers may be destroyed by high-energy particles from space

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The power of a quantum computer is limited by how long it can remain in a certain state, and high-energy particles hurtling from space can destroy those quantum states

Aug 26, 2020

US Increases Funding for AI and Quantum Information Science | NextBigFuture.com

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The White House has announced additional funding for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum computing research. The US is adding over $1 billion in funding to setup seven Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and five Quantum Information Scienc...

Aug 26, 2020

Nanodots made of photovoltaic material support waveguide modes

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Antimony sulfide, or stibnite (Sb2S3), has been investigated intensively in recent years as a promising material for nontoxic, environmentally friendly solar cells. It is now possible to fabricate thin photovoltaic films from an ink containing nan...

Aug 26, 2020

New tech extracts potential to identify quality graphene cheaper and faster

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Engineers at Australia's Monash University have developed world-first technology that can help industry identify and export high quality graphene cheaper, faster and more accurately than current methods.

Aug 26, 2020

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