Researchers in China have been developing nanopatterned-sapphire substrates (NPSS), achieved with nano-sphere lithography (NSL), as a basis for the production of superior aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor material for deep ...
Tags: DUV LEDs, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Facade Design
More than 100 billion gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (GaN LED) will ship in 2013 - the equivalent of 15 for every person on the planet using this particular type of lighting device incorporating the GaN semiconductor material, ...
Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are the most efficient and environmentally friendly light bulbs on the market. But they come at a higher up-front price than other bulbs, especially the ones with warmer and more appealing hues. Researchers ...
Tags: LEDs, Silicon-Based Nanoparticles
LEDs are extremely efficient, and when it comes to single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or toys, they can’t be beat. But those aren’t the colors we want to light up our homes and offices. Our eyes ...
Tags: Lab-Grown Crystals, LEDs
Light-emitting diodes, better known as LEDs, offer substantial energy savings over incandescent and fluorescent lights and are easily produced in single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or children's toys. ...
Tags: Tiny Crystals, LED Lights
Funded by the US Army Research Office, researchers at North Carolina State University ( at the atomic scale (just one atom thick). The technique can be used to create the thin films on a large scale, sufficient to coat wafers that are ...
Tags: NCSU, Atomic-Layer Thin-Film
US-based polysilicon maker MEMC has reported first-quarter 2013 financial results with net sales of US$443.6 million, down 26% on quarter and 15% on year. The firm reported first-quarter gross margin of 11.2%, lower than 18% in the fourth ...
Silicon metal, otherwise called crystalline silicon or mechanical silicon, its prevailing use is as a non-iron-based alloy added substance. Products obtained from it include items like microsilica, silicon edge leather, dark silicon, ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Silicon metal machine
The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded funding totaling £1m to two universities – University College London (UCL) and Bristol – to support the development of compound ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Silicon Substrates
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of South Korea have developed a zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod (NR) process for improving light extraction from gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to ...
Tags: GaN, LEDs, Electronics
Singapore will allow US officials to inspect the work of a research institute linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington suspects of espionage, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. K. Shanmugam, the foreign minister, told ...
Tags: Singapore, Huawei, telecoms firm
NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layers to release nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from sapphire and transfer them to commercially available adhesive tape [Toshiki Makimoto ...
Tags: LED
Cork-based InfiniLED is claiming record LED optical beam intensity - 1mW of light from a 20μm pixel at 405nm, which is over 300W/cm2. It is the highest recorded for a commercially available LED type device," said the firm, which is a ...
Tags: InfiniLED, LED, optical beam intensity, MicroLEDs
This new device is capable of producing up to 1mW of light from a single 20µm pixel at 405nm. This is equivalent to a light output density of more than 300 W/cm2 – the highest recorded for a commercially available LED type ...
Tags: LED type device, LED, lighting