Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto have succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based light-emitting diodes.
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BASF and Volkswagen seek entries for annual “Science Award Electrochemistry”
Applications can be submitted until June 15, 2013, and ceremony will be held in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on October 23, 2013.
New carbon nanotube aerogel with cheap materials
Ultralight, flexible, fire-resistant carbon nanotube aerogels fabricated from bacterial cellulose.
Prism Awards honor innovations in ‘ubiquitous’ photonics technology
The 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation were announced at this year’s SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.
A new look at high-temperature superconductors
Method allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.
Nanowires and quantum dots combine for more efficient photovoltaics
A group from MIT have demonstrated a method to produce extremely efficient zinc oxide/quantum dot based photovoltaics.
Researchers Create Semiconductor ‘Nano-Shish-Kebabs’ With Potential for 3-D Technologies
Researchers at NCSU have developed a new type of structure consisting of multiple 2D nanosheets impaled upon a one-dimensional nanowire.
Improving implant bone bonding with bioactive film coating
Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film.
Nanocrystalline films that don't crack
Vancouver researchers develop nanocrystalline cellulose with added sugars to counteract the tendency of such materials to crack.
Increasing SERS enhancement in patterned nanoparticle arrays
How to improve efficient focusing of light on the nanoscale by using lithographically patterned metal nanoparticle arrays.