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Chemistry World October 20, 2011 James Mitchell Crow |
Nanotubes with a Split Personality Show Solar Promise A team in Japan is the first to form nanotubes which incorporate two electronically distinct semiconducting domains, an advance which could also see applications in devices ranging from solid-state lasers to transistors.  |
Chemistry World October 17, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Shining a New Light on Nanowires Scientists have created tiny solar power cells using silicon nanowires 200 times thinner than a human hair. The cells could provide renewable energy for both nano- and large-scale applications.  |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient  |
Chemistry World May 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Nanoholes promise solar power Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals, say Chinese chemists.  |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Nanowires make flexible circuits Nanowires might one day be used to make microscopic machines. But before then they could help liberate computer circuits from the rigid, expensive confines of silicon chips. A process that makes thin films from semiconductor nanowires improves the prospects for plastic electronics and electronic paper.  |
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Plastic display circuit shines Researchers from the University of Tokyo have taken a step forward by fabricating on a glass surface a circuit that contains an organic light-emitting diode and an organic thin-film transistor. The diode was bright enough to be used in a display, according to the researchers.  |
Chemistry World December 15, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Electronics go on a Bender The prospect of low-cost, efficient electronic circuits being applied to flexible substrates has moved a step closer with two pieces of research reported by US scientists.  |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Nanowires boost plastic circuits The move is on to develop flexible, cheap, plastic electronics, but so far organic circuits have fallen far short of silicon chip performance. Researchers from the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Germany have moved the field forward with a new way to make flexible transistors.  |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 |
Hybrid Nanowire Makes Transistor One challenge in making minuscule electronic devices from nanoscale components is wiring the components together. Researchers have found a way to transform sections of semiconducting silicon nanowires into metallic, or conducting, nickel silicide.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2010 Edward H. Sargent |
Infrared Optoelectronics You Can Apply With a Brush Infrared quantum dots will lead to cheaper photovoltaic cells. When the fabrication of optoelectronic devices becomes almost as easy as splashing paint on a canvas, our assumptions about the high cost of high-performance optoelectronic devices will be turned on its head.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Neil Savage |
Nanowire Silicon Solar Cell for Powering Small Circuits A new type of solar cell made from a nanometer-scale wire might one day provide an on-chip power source for nanoelectronic devices or run microscopic robots, say scientists.  |
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.  |
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
New Light on Fluorescent Gels Organic gels that fluoresce in a wide range of vibrant colors could one day be used in devices ranging from digital displays to photovoltaic cells.  |
Chemistry World May 2, 2010 Mike Brown |
OLETs have bright future in electronic lasers Scientists in Italy have developed organic light-emitting transistors that are more efficient light sources than organic light-emitting diodes, and could be used in much sought after electrically pumped organic laser devices.  |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 Eric Wesoff |
Can a Disruptive PV Technology Topple First Solar? We list a few candidates for a "new black swan improbable pyro-nano-quantum-thingamajig technology" to displace thin-film PV.  |
Chemistry World November 8, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Big data approach to solar cells After 150 million theoretical calculations, scientists at Harvard University in the US reveal results that could cut down the time and cost of experimental tests to find better organic electronic materials for solar cells.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Neil Savage |
Nanostructures Catch the Light Razor-thin solar cells could be cheap but need a little help holding light in  |
Chemistry World June 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Nanowire Shines Light on Subwavelength Microscopy Researchers in the US and Japan have created a nanoscopic 'torch' that shines visible laser light on nanoscale structures, imaging them with high resolution.  |
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Stamp Forms Organic Laser Researchers have found a class of materials that promises to improve organic electronic components like lasers, light-emitting diodes, and waveguides. Light-emitting diodes are a key component of computer screens, and waveguides channel light.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Stephen Forrest |
The Dawn of Organic Electronics Organic semiconductors are strong candidates for creating flexible, full-color displays and circuits on plastic.  |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Lasers Juiced Researchers have made a photonic crystal laser that is driven by electric current. The device could eventually be used as a source of single photons for quantum cryptography and communications devices.  |
Chemistry World January 21, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Electron-conducting polymer for printed electronics The prospect of powerful electronic circuits made from printable plastics has moved a step closer with the discovery of a cheap, stable organic polymer semiconductor  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2005 Justin Mullins |
Shedding Light On Organic Transistors The first single-crystal organic transistor that can be switched on and off by light is giving physicists a unique peek into the way photons interact with organic semiconductors. The new device could have a major impact on the way OLED displays are manufactured.  |
Technology Research News June 15, 2005 |
Nanowire Computer Circuits Debut Researchers have found a way to paint molecular-size circuitry onto glass. The method is potentially very low-cost, and could eventually be used to make computer chips that pack extremely tiny and thus powerful circuits.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Peter Fairley |
Solar-Cell Squabble Organic photovoltaics could be dirt cheap, but their efficiency is in dispute  |
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 |
Organic transistors get small Researchers from Cornell University have shown that it is possible to fabricate useful organic thin film transistors that have a channel length as small as 30 nanometers. The smaller the channel, the faster the transistor. Previously, organic TFT channel lengths were limited to about 100 nm.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 40 David Bradley |
Lighting Up with Nanowires Semiconductor nanowires are beginning to emerge as rather versatile building blocks for creating photodetectors, LEDs and lasers  |
Technology Research News July 28, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Photonic chips go 3D Computer chips made from photonic crystal promise better communications equipment and ultrafast, all-optical computers  |
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Angle speeds plastic transistor Going with the flow is a good way to pick up speed, particularly for plastic transistors. Rotating the crystal 180 degrees can change the transistor's performance by as much as 3.5 times.  |
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 |
Layers promise cheap circuits The challenge is making organic transistors that work well electronically.  |
Chemistry World August 29, 2012 James Urquhart |
Graphene--boron nitride stitching to sew up electronics The race to create ultrathin, transparent and flexible electronic devices using graphene -- the most conductive material known to exist -- has a promising new contender.  |
Technology Research News February 23, 2005 |
Tiny transistors sniff chemicals Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that the chemical sensing abilities of infinitesimally small transistors made from thin films of the organic crystal pentacene are quite different from those of larger transistors made from the same materials.  |
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot.  |
Chemistry World February 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Nano-welding with a light touch US researchers have found a new way to weld together metal nanowires - simply by bathing them in white light.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Andrew J. Steckl |
Electronics on Paper Paper electronics could pave the way to a new generation of cheap, flexible gadgets  |
Chemistry World February 13, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
First purely organic phosphor Scientists in the US have made a major advance in the development of novel light-emitting materials by designing the first purely organic phosphorescent compound.  |
Technology Research News October 8, 2003 |
Process orders nanowire arrays Harvard University researchers have found a way to neatly layer and pattern rows of nanowires.  |
Technology Research News January 28, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Chemicals map nanowire arrays There are two challenges to getting nanowire arrays ready for prime time -- finding ways of accessing any particular nanowire junction, and connecting the devices to the outside world. Chemically modifying the right junctions could solve both problems.  |
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 Eric Smalley |
Chip Architecture Uses Nanowires Nanoelectronics could eventually replace today's silicon chipmaking techniques when today's techniques run their course in a decade or two.  |
Chemistry World August 24, 2006 Michael Gross |
Biotronics Branches Out Harvard researchers have developed nanowire transistors that interface with individual neurons and, even better, with the individual neuronal extensions that reach out to contact other cells.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 |
Organic Transistor and Memory Market to Reach $21.6 Billion by 2015 The growing demand for flexible, large-area electronic circuitry from packaging, displays, smartcards, sensors, and other sectors will drive the organic transistor and memory market to $21.6 billion by 2015  |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 |
Nanowire Makes Standup Transistor Researchers have devised a simple way to make a set of vertical transistors from nanowires.  |
Chemistry World November 17, 2014 James Urquhart |
Beetle behind breath test for bank notes Simply breathing on money could soon reveal if it's the real deal or counterfeit thanks to a beetle-inspired ink that reversibly changes color in response to humidity.  |
Chemistry World December 17, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
A Simpler Way to Photonic Crystals Chinese scientists have found an easy way to make highly regular crystal structures from a polymer mixture.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 John Keller |
DARPA seeks proposals on photonic delays as a building block for optical computing Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are trying to find compact, robust ways to control the flow of photons in future applications of optical computing.  |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Chi-Chu Tschang |
Organic, With Pesticides Some farmers in China are taking advantage of confusing rules to falsely label food.  |
Technology Research News February 11, 2004 |
Magnets tune photonic crystal Researchers from Fudan University in China have found that it is possible to use a magnetic field to quickly shift or block certain frequencies of electromagnetic signals passing through photonic crystals made from semiconductor material.  |
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers |
Your Guide To Organic Food Although organic food only accounts for 1% to 2% of all food sales around the world, it is gaining in popularity. However, this surge in the popularity of organic foods raises a number of questions. Read on to find out all the answers.  |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Organic Produce is Better for Kids Gardeners know organic practices are good for the soil, and now there's evidence organic food is better for our kids as well.  |
Food Processing June 2009 |
U.S. organic sales grew by `only' 16 percent in 2008 Organic food sales enjoy a healthy year, but growth is slowing.  |