German scientists have found evidence for granular room-temperature superconductivity in water-treated graphite powder.
Electronics
LED Light Source for Microscopes
Compact LED light source “ilumLED” with four integrated LED chips for, e.g., microscopes.
New milestone set in laser design
Quantum design strategy pushes high-power vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) beyond the 100 W milestone.
Researchers Create ‘Nanoflowers’ for Energy Storage, Solar Cells
Researchers create flower-like structures out of the semiconductor germanium sulfide that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area.
Carbon/polymer nanospheres developed for microelectronics
A group from the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science have developed a method for the production of mesoporous polymer/carbon nanospheres.
Researchers Demonstrate Cheaper Way To Produce NFO Thin Films
NFO is a magnetic material that holds promise for microwave technologies and next-generation memory devices.
Stretchable conductors created using CNT fibers
Researchers have reported, for the first time, the fabrication of carbon-nanotube-fiber-based conductors by a simple prestraining-then-buckling approach.
Book Review: Silicon Nanocrystals
Professor Robert Hamers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison reviews “Silicon Nanocrystals”, edited by Lorenzo Pavesi and Rasit Turan.
Battery or Bracelet? Cable-Type Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
An exceptionally flexible prototype cable-type battery can be used in a variety of shapes towards portable, wearable, and flexible electronics.
Organic semiconductors – accelerating pace
Henning Sirringhaus, Tomo Sakanoue, and Jui-Fen Chang discuss the physics governing electronic transport in high-mobility organic semiconductors.
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