Australian researchers present a divergent synthesis of ruthenium alkynyl dendrimers displaying an NLO dendritic effect.
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Third Polymer International-IUPAC Prize Awarded to Professor Ali Khademhosseini
MIT Professor Ali Khademhosseini is the third winner of the Pl-IUPAC Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science or Polymer Technology.
Record High for Screen-Printed Silicon Solar Cell
The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin in collaboration with Singulus Technologies have increased the conversion efficiency of screen-printed silicon solar cells to a record value of 20.1%.
Lubricating with Nanometer-Sized Silver
Researchers have utilized silver complexes as lubricating oil additives to engineer an efficient and cost-effective lubricant.
Wave Propagation is Under Control: Metamaterials Are Going 3D
From invisibility cloaks to metatronics – metamaterials might offer a wealth of innovative applications. Prerequisite are 3D metamaterials working in the THz region. Latest developments could initiate a further upswing for this strange seeming kind of matter.
How to solubilize hydrophobic dendrimers
How surfactants bearing an aromatic structure at the hydrophobic terminal solubilizes hydrophobic pi-conjugating dendrimers.
Low-Power Upconversion in Dye-Doped Polymer Nanoparticles
The fabrication of dye-doped cross-linked rubbery nanoparticles with light upconversion properties even at relatively low power densities has been reported by a Swiss/American research team.
Optical memory using leaky ferroelectrics?
Scientists probe the optoelectric behaviour of bismuth ferrite at the nanoscale and propose a novel ferroelectric-based memory application.
Energy in Pictures – 2012/1
Energy research in pictures: Advanced Energy Materials covers from January 2012.
How do leaves get the most out of sunlight?
Scientists discovered regular distributions of cystoliths occurs in plant leafs that enhance light-aborbing efficiency.
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