An Australian National University (ANU) team has successfully replicated one of the crucial steps in photosynthesis, opening the way for biological systems powered by sunlight, which could manufacture hydrogen as a fuel. "Water is ...
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used photo-electro-chemical etch (PEC) to create 405nm-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [C. ...
A hybrid form of perovskite - the same type of material that has recently been found to make highly efficient solar cells that could replace silicon - has been used to make low-cost, easily manufactured LEDs, potentially opening up a wide ...
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University of Liverpool researchers propose replacing a toxic treatment step in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell production with one that is benign, but apparently just as effective [J. D. Major et al, Nature, published online 25 June ...
Researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) and University of California–Irvine (UCI) have developed a band engineering technique to improve the results from photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etch of nitride semiconductors [Prashanth ...
IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
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Agnitron Technology Inc of Eden Prairie, MN, USA is scheduled to ship its latest 1500°C+ reactor upgrade for the Veeco metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) D-series Legacy System platform. The single 2”- or ...
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Once, the home of a notorious bishop, the seventeenth century building in the town of Orléans, Hôtel Dupanloup, has recently been reconstructed to function as International Research Center of the University of Orléans. ...
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The physical properties of the ultra-white scales on certain species of beetle could be used to make whiter paper, plastics and paints, while using far less material than is used in current manufacturing methods. The Cyphochilus beetle, ...
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Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and Turkey's Bilkent University have developed a graded multiple quantum well (MQW) structure with the aim of increasing light output power and reducing efficiency droop in 450nm indium gallium ...
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — The new IDTechEx report “Functional Materials for SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of ...
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As local and national governments struggle to deal with ever-growing piles of electronic waste (e-waste), scientists are now refining the picture of just how much there is and where it really ends up. Published in Environmental Science & ...
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Warren Buffett popularized the notion of investing in "cigarette butt" stocks. That is, extracting one last "puff" of value out of discarded stocks trading below liquidation value. Well, get ready to put a new spin on the term. Based on ...
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Three University of California, Riverside researchers are part of team recently awarded a grant of almost $1.7m from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to characterize, analyze and synthesize a new class of ultra-thin-film materials ...
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UK-based etch and deposition equipment maker Oxford Instruments says that an additional PlasmaPro 100 plasma etch system has recently been ordered by the Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication at the University of Science ...
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