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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.
Making large quantities of small silicone spheres
Researchers from the University of Illinois present the first demonstration of a scalable synthetic procedure for crosslinked silicone microspheres.
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