Enhanced light harvesting for polymer solar cells via ladder-type polymer donors.
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Trapping and watching motile cells
A new approach enables rapid characterization of living suspension cells in 4 dimensions while they are immobilized and manipulated within optical traps.
World-record electric motor for aircraft
Siemens researchers have developed a new type of electric motor that, with a weight of just 50 kg, delivers a continuous output of about 260 kW.
Engineering protein nanoparticles from amelogenin
Random mutagenesis of amelogenin creates a wide range of protein nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
MRS Spring 2015 Preview: Final show in San Francisco
An outlook to the forthcoming MRS Spring Meeting, to be held from April 6-10, 2015 for the last time in San Francisco, California.
New Routes to Polystyrene Foams via Lab-on-a-Chip Techniques
Polystyrene foams with controlled pore sizes and narrow pore size distributions have been synthesized via lab-on-a-chip techniques.
Carbonaceous Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
New work explores efforts using carbonaceous materials to develop highly efficient DSSCs.
Advanced Optical Materials – March Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials Symposium
The first symposium in Australia dedicated to the subject of 2D nanomaterials research, 2D15, took place in Melbourne on the 10th-11th March, 2015.
Active material properties come alive with 3D printing
3-D printing technology has opened new possibilities for Israel Institute of Technology’s Stephan Rudykh to test his models of active material properties.
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