Advanced Science News
Electronics
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High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells on Textured Substrates
Sumit Chaudhary and co-workers from Iowa State University demonstrate that design optimization of the textured substrate leads to polymer-based solar cells that...
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New Diodes (Quantum) Tunnel Their Way To Improved Electronics
Researchers at Oregon State University develop cutting edge metal-insulator-metal diodes, harnessing quantum tunneling of electrons to increase performance of electronics.
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Nano Silicon Samurai?
Welcome to one of our guest columns, where active researchers can share their views on topics relevant to materials science. Professor Geoffrey...
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Edible Electronics: Purely Biocompatible Electrical Devices
Scientists from the University of Linz engage in developing electronics that can simply be thrown onto the compost heap or, if in...
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Piezotronic Logic Gates Take the Strain
US scientists have developed the first examples of logic gates (NAND, NOR and XOR gates) that can be switched simply by bending...
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Porous silicon nanoneedles for barcodes and other applications
Researchers at the University of Texas have fabricated biodegradable, nanobarcodes of silicon. The porosity of the silicon structures enables their applications in...
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Dimensionally Different: Complex Patterned Photoresists
Scientists in the USA have exploited all three dimensions of patterned photoresists, to make complex components using just one template.
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Gallium Arsenide Infiltrates Nanoparticle Multilayers
Gallium arsenide is infiltrated for the first time within porous nanoparticle-based periodic multilayers to yield a new structure displaying finely tuned enhanced...
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Budget Energy – Cheap New Solar Cells Developed by IBM
IBM researchers break efficiency records with easy to make solar cells.
