Researchers show that nanoparticles sputtered onto black silicon nanowire supports activate conversion in a hydrogen atmosphere under solar-simulated light.
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Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – Dec. 2014
This month’s top 5 most read articles from Advanced Optical Materials.
Plasma etching for better vascular grafts
A Montreal-based research group have developed aligned electrospun PET nanofiber mats that mimic the media layer of arteries.
Breakthrough in whispering gallery mode sensors
Researchers have demonstrated free-space laser excitation of whispering gallery modes in vertically suspended oil droplets, recording Q-factors of over 105.
ChemNanoMat opens for submissions
ChemNanoMat is the latest journal to be launched by Wiley-VCH and opened for submissions at the beginning of November.
Electric car with aluminum-air battery can go the distance
Alcoa and Phinergy build a demo car powered by a aluminum-air battery that can greatly extend travel range.
Lanthanide nanoprobes for biomedical applications
Lanthanide(III) complexes have steadily found increasing use in both biosensing and bioimaging due to their advantageous emission properties.
Graphene tubes in electrocatalysis
A group of researchers have developed a new hybrid catalyst technology to reduce oxygen at fuel cell cathodes.
Multifunctional coating for public touch displays
Schott introduces what it claims to be the first permanently anti-reflective and oleophobic coating for touchscreens.
Taking optoelectronics to the next level
A new fabrication method promises to revolutionise the production of optoelectronics in a study published in the new journal Advanced Science.
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New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
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Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
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“Cosmic vine” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope
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Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
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The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts
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The dramatic story behind general relativity’s Nobel Prize snub
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