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Tailor-made Materials with Ultrafast Connections
Through magic twist angles and unique energy states, it is possible to design tailor-made, atomically thin materials that could be invaluable for future electronics. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden,... -
Super-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Pass Critical Test
Researchers have measured an optical clock’s ticking with record-breaking accuracy while also showing the clock can be operated with unprecedented consistency. These achievements represent a significant step toward... -
Increasing Sensitivity in Measurement of Semiconductor Material Quality
The enhanced power of the new measuring technique to characterize materials at scales much smaller than any current technologies will accelerate the discovery and investigation of 2D, micro- and nanoscale materials. Being able... -
Record Efficiency of 23.2% Achieved with Bifacial PERT Solar Cells
Today, at SiliconPV 2019, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies and partner in EnergyVille, announces that its n-PERT (Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally diffused)... -
Detecting Pollution with a Compact Laser Source
Researchers at EPFL have come up with a new middle infrared light source that can detect greenhouse and other gases, as well as molecules in a person’s breath. The compact system, which resembles a tiny suitcase, contains... -
Using Lasers to Efficiently Recycle Valuable Materials
Since 2015, nine project partners from four countries have been researching how to disassemble electronics and reclaim valuable materials in the EU project "ADIR – Next Generation Urban Mining – Automated... -
At-home Disease Detection Made Possible with Photonics
With nothing more than a photonic chip and an ordinary camera, EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland) researchers have managed to count biomolecules one by one in a small sample and determine their position. Their tiny device...
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Measuring and Self-Adjusting Spectral Power Distribution of LED Systems
Researchers from the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) at the University of Barcelona and its spin-off Ledmotive Technologies in Spain have combined two computational methods to enable solid-state lighting (SSL) to measure and... -
Perovskite NIR LED with Record External Quantum Efficiency
Researchers at Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden have produced near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes (LED) of perovskite with a record external quantum efficiency of 21.6%. Because perovskites have good light-emitting properties and... -
Optical Tweezers Use Fluid Flow Instead of Light
Researchers from the universities of Glasgow, Bristol and Exeter have collaborated to create an entirely new kind of optical tweezers that use fluid flow instead of light to control particles of any material and hold light-sensitive biological... -
First of its Kind Quantum Sensor to Detect Single Photons
A new, groundbreakingly effective sensor developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario (Canada) is the first of its kind, based on semiconductor nanowires, that can detect photons. The research breakthrough promises to... -
Graphene-Based Wearable Health Monitoring and Spectroscopy Devices
The Graphene Flagship has introduced more than 20 graphene-based prototypes at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019. Four of the inventions were developed by Graphene Flagship partner ICFO — the Institute of Photonic Sciences, based in Barcelona,... -
Portable and Label-Free Imaging of Molecules and Cells
A custom portable optical imaging system developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) visualizes the dynamic cellular and molecular features in freshly removed or biopsied breast tissue specimens, as opposed the... -
Programming Information on Transparent Organic Luminescent Tags
Researchers at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Germany, have developed a new method for storing information by introducing organic luminescent molecules into transparent plastic foils, thinner than a human hair. Writing and...
