Researchers in China make a stretchable graphene-based motion sensor that can monitor all types of human activities with ultrahigh sensitivity.
Electronics
Improving the operational stability of polymer solar cell modules
Indoor and outdoor stability measurements are used to compare the lifetime of fully roll-to-roll organic solar cell modules.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – October 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Optical spectroscopy reveals biexcitons in monolayer tungstenite
A group of scientists at the University of Regensburg have studied the photoluminescence of gated monolayer WS2 flakes and identified the biexciton emission
Custom Fit: Self-Wrapping 3D Electronics
A team of researchers at Stanford University has developed shape-controlled, self-wrapping electronics based on carbon nanotubes.
Color-controlled perovskite quantum dots
New research published in Advanced Science by a team of Chinese researchers presents the control of the emission color of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite quantum dots using precipitation temperature.
Indigo-based photodetectors to improve device performance
A solution-processable indigo acceptor delivers comparable performance to not just state-of-the-art fullerene-based devices but also silicon photodiodes.
Spacer Layers Enhance Organic Photovoltaic Performance
Inserting a spacer layer between the donor and the acceptor material of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices enhances their power conversion efficiency.
White Light Emitters from Lanthanide Complexes
MIT researchers demonstrate a facile and potentially universal approach to white light-emitting materials synthesis.
Electronics in textiles
Using the novel E-Thread technology, a yarn is able to feature electronic functions.
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