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New Oxidizing Agent Allows Reactive Species Synthesis in Laboratory Solvents

Chemical oxidation, the selective removal of electrons from a substrate, represents one of the most important transformations in chemistry.

4 Jun 2020

New Spray-Coating Method Enables More Complex Perovskite Solar Cells

Although perovskites are a promising alternative to the silicon used to make most of today's solar cells, new manufacturing processes are needed to make them practical for commercial production.

4 Jun 2020

New Method Could Lead to More Efficient, Versatile LED Display

UC Santa Barbara researchers continue to push the boundaries of LED design a little further with a new method that could pave the way toward more efficient and versatile LED display and lighting technology.

4 Jun 2020

New Metasurface can Operate as Many Birefringent Materials in Parallel

Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, is invisible to the human eye. Yet, so much of our optical world relies on the control and manipulation of this hidden quality of light.

4 Jun 2020

Westwater Resources Announces Positive Independent Test Results on ULTRA-PMG™

Westwater Resources, Inc., an energy materials development company, announced today that independent testing of its ULTRA-PMG™ battery graphite material has shown outstanding resistivity values as a conductive additive.

From Westwater Resources, Inc. 3 Jun 2020

HORIBA Scientific Offers Free Webinar on Tackling the Environmental Threat of Microplastics Using Raman Spectroscopy

HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in Raman solutions, is pleased announce that Dr. Bridget O’Donnell, Manager of Raman Applications for HORIBA Scientific will be presenting a webinar in partnership with Spectroscopy Magazine, on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 2:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM PDT.

From HORIBA 3 Jun 2020

Simple, Fast Treatment Could Render Waste Plastics Useful Again

Recycling plastic faces several challenges, one of which is recycling different types of plastics together, because they have varying properties, each of which need to be addressed accordingly.

3 Jun 2020

New Stretchable, Variable Color Sheets can be Used in Adhesive-Type Display

A joint research team of Hayato Kumagai in the latter half of the doctoral course and Kazuhiro Takahashi, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering of Toyohashi University of Technology, and Toshinori Fujie, Associate Professor (Lecturer) of the School of Life Science and Technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, have succeeded in developing a variable color sheet with a film thickness of 400 nanometers (less than one-hundredth of the thickness of a human hair) that changes color when stretched and shrunk.

3 Jun 2020

New Method for Synthesizing Tiny Microcapsules with Liquid Core

Microcapsules for the storage and delivery of substances are tiny versions of the type of capsule used for fish oil or other liquid supplements, such as vitamin D.

3 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop More Durable Non-Lithium-Based Rechargeable Batteries

With the continuous upgrading of electronic products, the development of high-energy power supplies has become a key link in the future development of science and technology.

3 Jun 2020

Angle-Controlled Synthesis Could Help Develop Short-Channel Transistors

Although the 2D semiconductor transistors keep the promise for future nanoelectronics, their applications are severely limited by the large contact resistance from the Schottky barrier between the deposited metal electrode and 2D semiconductor interface in the short-channel electronics for scaling integrated circuits.

3 Jun 2020

New Scalable, Intelligent Battery System Made of Inexpensive Materials

The lithium-ion batteries currently available for e-mobility are being optimized primarily to increase power density.

3 Jun 2020

New Optical Film Technology Allows Autonomous Switching of Smart Windows

Researchers have developed a new easy-to-use smart optical film technology that allows smart window devices to autonomously switch between transparent and opaque states in response to the surrounding light conditions.

3 Jun 2020