The European Patent Office (EPO) has named Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins as one of three finalist teams for the European Inventor Award 2016 in the category “Research”.
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Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – May 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
New world record for polymer solar cells
Polymer solar cells could be cheaper and more reliable thanks to Swedish and Chinese researchers.
Bulk and surface electron transport in topological insulator candidate YbB6
Striking similarity in key ingredients for topological insulators (TI) and effective thermoelectrics are announced.
A new family of dielectric materials
A team from ICMMO (Institut de Chimie Moléculaire d’Orsay) of Université Paris-Saclay recently showed that entropy-stabilized oxides can be substituted by aliovalent elements with charge compensation mechanisms.
Droop in phosphors
Droop, the decrease of efficiency with drive, is a major technology topic for InGaN-based light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Ion-Gel Films for Organic Electronics
Ion-gels have possible applications in organic electronics due to their favorable electronic characteristics and good thermal and chemical stability.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – April 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Titania mania – peering into the heart of photocatalysis
4D ultra-fast electron microscopy can peer into and peel away the most subtle details and beauty of photocatalysis, providing a new sharp focus realism of human-made nano machinery for the solar powered fixation of CO2 to fuels and chemical feedstocks.
e-Papers now in color
One of promising candidates for the next generation display devices is electronic paper (e-paper).
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