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Engineers Develop New Solar Power Cells Using Thin Wafers of Germanium

A wafer of the element germanium, a semiconductor that is used as the bottom layer of highly efficient solar power cells. University of Utah engineers have devised a new way of cutting the wafers so that less of the expensive material is wasted during the cutting process.

15 Sep 2008

Ceramic Materials Help Increase Efficiency in Production of Thin Film Photovoltaic Cells

The earth benefits from an impressive 125,000 terawatts (TW) of solar energy. While the future energy needs of the planet will undoubtedly be met with a combination of technologies, many believe that solar – in the...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 12 Sep 2008

Electro Ceramic Dielectric Components in Modern High Technology Applications

In every industry, from medical to analytical, designers are under increased pressure to improve performance of equipment. A key element is the electrical system. Designers striving to create the most efficient systems t...

12 Sep 2008

Semiconductor Grade Alumina Ceramics Finds New Application in the Solar Panel Industry

Morgan Advanced Materials’ (MTC’s) semiconductor-grade 99% alumina ceramic has found new application in the burgeoning solar panel industry. Leading OEM Oerlikon Solar has selected the company to supply p...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 12 Sep 2008

World's Most Powerful TEM Display Stunning Images of Individual Carbon Atoms in Graphene

Hailed as the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope, TEAM 0.5 is living up to expectations. TEAM 0.5, its newest instrument, is capable of producing images with half-angstrom resolution, which is less than the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.

11 Sep 2008

Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Target and Destroy Tumor Cells

Researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered a method for destroying tumor cells by using nanoparticles and light. Wensha Yang’s technique is actually dealing with quantum dots. Quantum dots are se...

11 Sep 2008

New Fullerene Chemistry Aid in Development of Molecular Semiconductors and Quantum Computing

Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry Dorn has developed a new area of fullerene chemistry that may be the backbone for development of molecular semiconductors and quantum computing applications. Dorn plays with th...

9 Sep 2008

CIP Announce the Release of Hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Platform for the Telecommunication Industry

CIP Technologies (CIP) has today announced the official launch of its HyBoard™ hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) platform. The launch will feature a live demonstration of a multichannel DWDM laser module pro...

8 Sep 2008

Researchers Tweaks New Class of Polymer-based Semiconductors for Better Control

Organic semiconductors, novel carbon based molecules that have similar electrical properties to more conventional semiconducting materials like silicon and germanium are a hot research topic because practical, high performance organic semiconductors would open up whole new categories of futuristic electronic devices

5 Sep 2008

Chemists Develop Nanonets for Improving Performance of Wires in Electronics and Energy Applications

Researchers grew wires from titanium and silicon into a two dimensional network of branches that resemble flat, rectangular netting, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Professor Dunwei Wang and his team report in the international edition of the German Chemical Society journal Angewandte Chemie. By creating nanonets, the team conquered a longstanding engineering challenge in nanotechnology: creating a material that is extremely thin yet maintains its complexity, a structural design large or long enough to efficiently transfer an electrical charge.

3 Sep 2008

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