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Researchers Use Piezoelectric Materials to Enhance Performance of LEDs

The Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have utilized piezoelectric materials such as zinc oxide micro/nanowires to radically enhance the external efficiency of gallium nitride LEDs to produce ultraviolet light from electricity.

1 Nov 2011

Research Findings Help Improve Industrial Production of High-Quality Graphene

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered that graphene quality is based on the crystal structure of the copper substrate on which it grows based on information obtained from various imaging techniques.

29 Oct 2011

Silicon: The Gulf between Crystalline and Amorphous

The energy of amorphous silicon - an essential material for the new generation of photovoltaic panels and for flat panel displays - is 50% lower than the value so far assigned to it.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 27 Oct 2011

Study Findings Help Understand Magnetic Interactions in Insulator Materials

Theoretically, during the doping of a chaotic magnetic insulator material with nonmagnetic material’s atoms, the magnetic interferences between the material’s magnetic ions will be lessened.

27 Oct 2011

Study Findings Pave Way to Develop Novel Microscopic Materials

While investigating the flow of fluids via nanoscale channels, scientists unexpectedly found that the flow of the fluids is not the same in all directions, which is a contrary behavior to the macroscale world.

27 Oct 2011

Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Now Available from DEStech Publications

DEStech Publications, Inc. announces the publication of Proceedings of the American Society for Composites, edited by Michael Hyer, Suong Hoa, Ozden Ochoa and Mehdi Hojjati.

From DEStech Publications 24 Oct 2011

Modification of Electronic Structure of Heavy Fermion Compound Provides Insight into Superconductivity

A research team from the Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University has succeeded in determining the effect of altering a “heavy fermion” compound’s electronic structure.

21 Oct 2011

Superconducting Magnets Used in Tokomak Fusion Reactor for the First Time

Fusion research company Tokamak Solutions has worked with partners at Oxford Instruments, the Czech Technical University and Institute of Plasma Physics, Prague to use high temperature superconducting magnets on a tokama...

From Oxford Instruments 20 Oct 2011

Find Out How the Performance of Solar Cells Can be Affected by Polymer Processing

The dramatic influence of polymer processing conditions on the performance of polymer solar cells is highlighted by a new paper in the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 19 Oct 2011

Bristles in Copper Particles May Help Manage Heat Flow

A research team headed by Kripa Varanasi, who is the Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has discovered that sintering of copper particles in air resulted in the formation of bristles growing outward.

19 Oct 2011

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