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Development of simplified new mass spectrometric technique using laser and graphene

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A technology that can obtain high-resolution, micrometer-sized images for mass spectrometric analysis without sample preparation has been developed. DGIST Research Fellow Jae Young Kim and Chair-professor Dae Won Moon's team succeeded in deve...

Aug 9, 2019

Nanowire arrays could improve solar cells

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display, you need a conductive contact, like a metal, but you also need to be able to let li...

Aug 9, 2019

Striped Glow Sticks

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

It may be possible to reach new levels of miniaturization, speed, and data processing with optical quantum computers, which use light to carry information. For this, we need materials that can absorb and transmit photons. In the journal Angewandt...

Aug 9, 2019

Nanowire arrays could improve solar cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have turned to ordered metal nanowire meshes that provide high transmissivity (due to the small diameters of the nanowires), high electrical connectivity (due to the many contact points in the mesh) and use more common elements to fabr...

Aug 9, 2019

Nanowire arrays could improve solar cells

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar

Aug 9, 2019

Ultrathin solar cells reach a record of nearly 20% efficiency

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have succeeded to trap sunlight efficiently in a solar cell thanks to an ultrathin absorbing layer made of 205 nm-thick GaAs on a nanostructured back mirror. With this new architecture, an efficiency of nearly 20% was obtained.

Aug 9, 2019

Innovative technique to synthesise advanced graphene-based nanocomposites

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Green and straightforward process for the synthesis of graphene-based nanomaterials.

Aug 9, 2019

Run Saltwater Over This Nanofilm to Make Electricity

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

New saltwater water electrical generation method could power submarines or even implantable medical devices

Aug 8, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Cellulose nanofibers to improve the sensitivity of lateral flow tests

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists from the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi have carried out a research to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow tests. They have proposed to in...

Aug 8, 2019

Biocompatible, Nanosilica Filled LED Cure Adhesive

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

LED405Med, an LED curing adhesive system that meets ISO 10993-5 for cytotoxicity, is used in medical device assembly

Aug 8, 2019

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