Researchers from Erlangen-Nuremberg investigated the fracture behaviour of fiber reinforced ceramic composites with Ti3SiC2 fiber coatings.
Technology
Private energy storage plants
Mercedes-Benz launches energy storage plants for private use.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – July 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Polymer Thermoelectrics
New polymer-inorganic semiconductor composite breaks the record for n-type conducting polymers.
New composite material enables smaller CO2 sensor
Material scientists at ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam have developed a new type of sensor to measure CO2.
Nanocrystalline Low-Refractive Magnesium Fluoride Films
A novel sputtering deposition process for MgF2 thin films has been discovered by combining two chemical reactions on a pure Mg target with two reactive gases.
International Year of Light: Complex Photonic Structures
This review gives an overview how light-trapping mechanisms based on nanophotonics principles can enhance light absorption in thin-film solar cells.
Fuel saving with adamantine coating
Coating engine components with diamond-like carbon reduces friction to almost zero.
Ambient-Air Operation of Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
Flexible LECs with an ambient-air performance on par with identical glass-encapsulated LEC reference devices have been realized.
Advanced Optical Materials – July Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
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