A development alliance produced the semiconductor industry’s first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors.
Technology
Improving Space Telescope and Sight
NASA and ophthalmologists using the the same technology to detect imperfections.
Soft biocompatible PEG hydrogels
Soft biocompatible PEG hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties and RGDS-content have been prepared by Löwik et al. using a copper free-click reaction.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – August 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Softwood becomes exclusive hardwood
Scientists at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen have developed an innovative treatment for domestic wood and timber.
Threatening Silicon’s Diamond Throne
Professor Ozin explores a new silicon allotrope with potential for high capacity lithium ion batteries, enhanced efficiency photovoltaics and next generation light emitting diodes.
Tuning color – better organic light emitters
Researchers have recently prepared zinc (II) metallopolymers with effective emission color tuning from blue to red, suitable for photonic devices.
Game changer in dip coating: doing more with less
Researchers in France bring about a big-time improvement that makes dip coating simpler, better, and greener.
Tougher than tough: borate that expands under pressure
Scientists in China discover an unusual material that can expand, instead of shrinking, against external pressure.
Inkjet-Printed Solar Cells
Thin-film light absorbers are fabricated using an inkjet printer, and show power-conversion efficiencies of about 6.4%.
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