A new tablet application visualizes the surrounding network of signals
Electronics
International Year of Light: Transfer Printing
John Rogers and co-workers present recent progress in the development of optoelectronic devices and their implementation enabled by micro-transfer printing.
1st International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics
The 1st International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics was held at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), from 27–29 September, 2015.
4D Printing: Smart Valves
Australian researchers report on a 4D-printed thermally active hydrogel valve, which can control the flow of water.
Nanomembranes for Li–Oxygen Batteries
A trilayered Pd/MnOx/Pd nanomembrane greatly enhances the properties of Li–Oxygen batteries.
Magnetisation dynamics in superlattices
Razdolski et al. observed oscillations in magneto-optical response of magnetically coupled multilayers, opening new horizons for magnetic media applications
Robot grippers that can mimic human hand function
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.
Plasmonics Enhances Electroluminescence in Quantum Dot LEDs
The addition of plasmonic silver nanostructures has enhanced the external quantum efficiency of this QLED device by 46%.
Traditional lighting design with state-of-the-art technology
Osram offers long and thin shaped LEDs to mimic the appearance of classic light bulbs.
Transistors by assembling dielectric nanosheets in solution
Researchers from Northwestern University have assembled silicate nanosheets into thin dielectric films for solution-processed field-effect transistors.
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