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A light bright and tiny: Scientists build a better nanoscale LED: New design overcomes long-standing LED efficiency problem -- and can transform into a laser to boot

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new design for light-emitting diodes achieves a dramatic increase in brightness as well as the ability to create laser light -- characteristics that could make it valuable in a range of applications. The device shows an increase in brightness of...

Aug 14, 2020

New nanoscale LED design overcomes long-standing LED efficiency problem

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The concept, demonstrated with microscopic LEDs in the lab, achieves a dramatic increase in brightness as well as the ability to create laser light -- all characteristics that could make it valuable in a range of large-scale and miniaturized appli...

Aug 14, 2020

A light bright and tiny: Scientists build a better nanoscale LED

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) developed by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may hold the key to overcoming a long-standing limitation in the light sources' efficiency. Th...

Aug 14, 2020

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide lens for high resolution imaging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An ultrathin optical lens made from a monolayer of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) could pave the way for next-generation imaging devices. An international team of researchers, led by Prof. Baohua Jia from Swinburne Univer...

Aug 14, 2020

Quantum Materials Could Mimic Colossal Magnetic Fields Using Graphene That Buckles

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Cooled graphene mimics effect of enormous magnetic fields that would benefit electronics. Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer of the graphite used in pencils, buckles... The post Quantum Materials Could Mimic Colossal Magnetic Field...

Aug 14, 2020

Nanoparticles to immunize plants against heat stress

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Civil and Environmental Engineering's Greg Lowry and his team are creating nanoparticles (NP) and NP coatings that will revolutionize the agricultural industry. Already, his research has demonstrated that NPs that are coated with the right po...

Aug 14, 2020

Australia publishes guidance for nanomaterials and cosmetics containing sunscreen

Chemical Watch   -   Scientific News Websites

Aims to assist companies categorising chemicals under the AICIS

Aug 14, 2020

Porous Liquids Allow for Efficient Gas Separation

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Jointly with cooperation partners, a researcher of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed “porous liquids”: Nanoparticles, that are able to separate gas molecules of different sizes from each other, float – finely distributed – in ...

Aug 14, 2020

Nanotechnology to prevent bird strikes

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Bird-strike incidences with airplanes and high-rise building are very common, yet there is no effective solution to prevent

Aug 14, 2020

New phase of nanoconfined water discovered

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at MIPT Laboratory of Terahertz Spectroscopy together with their Russian and international colleagues discovered a new phase

Aug 14, 2020

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