A team has, for the first time, succeeded in functionally characterizing the active layer in organic thin-film solar cells using laser light.
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Developing a high-temperature AFM
New hydrothermal atomic force microscope under development at Wright could hit 250 degrees.
Gold nanoparticles and urine detect mercury
A colorimetric assay system based on urine and nanoparticles for mercury detection has been developed by researchers from Nanyang Technological University.
Science meets Tires – Perspectives for Tire Technology
Conference by IKV and ika on September 11 and 12, 2013 in Aachen.
Researchers watch chalcopyrite solar cells grow in real time
Team manage to observe growth of thin-film solar cells in real time and to study the formation and degradation of defects that compromise efficiency.
Swedish Energy Agency provides $6M loan to Sol Voltaics
Loan will further the commercial development of Solink nanomaterial.
Thermo Fisher open new R&D center in Shanghai
China Innovation Center will significantly expand its research, development and training capabilities to support growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
Most extreme UV microscope will help semiconductor manufacture
The world’s most advanced extreme-ultraviolet microscope is about to go online at theDOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
2D transistors could seed next-gen flat electronics
UC Santa Barbara researchers demonstrate first n-type field effect transistors on monolayer tungsten diselenide with record performance.
Using nanoparticles to discern chirality
A team of scientists has developed a new, simpler way to discern molecular handedness, known as chirality, using gold-and-silver cubic nanoparticles.