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Flat lenses bring nanoscale features into focus

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Flat lenses that enable high-resolution imaging are created by forming nanoscale structures on a surface.

Aug 7, 2018

Nanostructured gate dielectric boosts stability of organic thin-film transistors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanostructured gate dielectric may have addressed the most significant obstacle to expanding the use of organic semiconductors for thin-film transistors.

Aug 7, 2018

Coating Technique Uses Solution, Not Heat, to Create OPV Interlayers

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have developed a spin coating technique to create zinc-related oxide (ZnOx, ZnOHx) ultrathin films (ceramic films) for use as buffer layers for organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. Buffer layers, also called OPV interlayers, separate elec...

Aug 7, 2018

Silicon-Based Optical Filter Splits Light Across a Range of Wavelengths

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Researchers present a new optical filter on a chip that can process optical signals from across a wide spectra. The filter can match the broadband coverage and precision performance of bulky dichroic filters, but can be manufactured using traditio...

Aug 7, 2018

Research Shows Graphene Reinforced with Nanotube Rebar Exhibits Improved Toughness

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists from the Rice University have discovered that the toughness of fracture-resistant “rebar graphene” is more than twice as that of pristine graphene. Graphene is a sheet of...

Aug 7, 2018

New nanoparticles help detect deep-tissue cancers

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Researchers have developed a new form of nanoparticle and associated imaging technique that can detect multiple disease biomarkers, including those for breast cancer, found in deep-tissue in the body.

Aug 7, 2018

Scientists create a UV detector based on nanocrystals synthesized via ion implantation

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Scientists at the Lobachevsky University have been working for several years to develop solar-blind photodetectors operating in the UV spectral band. In the field of electronic technology, this is an important task, since such devices cut off emis...

Aug 7, 2018

New nanoparticles help detect deep-tissue cancers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a new form of nanoparticle and associated imaging technique that can detect multiple disease biomarkers, including those for breast cancer, found in deep-tissue in the body.

Aug 7, 2018

Concepts for new switchable plasmonic nanodivices

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Plasmonic waveguides open the possibility to develop dramatically miniaturized optical devices and provide a promising route towards the next-generation of integrated nanophotonic circuits for information processing, optical computing and others....

Aug 7, 2018

Scientists create UV detector based on nanocrystals synthesized via ion implantation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a solar-blind UV photodetector.

Aug 7, 2018

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