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a-Si PV efficiency chases c-Si thanks to nano-structuring
… 2011 -- Singapore's A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) used a nanostructure texture on amorphous silicon (a-Si) to boost solar cell efficiency without greatly increasing the cost. The nanostructured …
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Nanoimprinted anti-reflective plastics improve viewing angle on next-gen displays
… microscope (SEM) image showing the engineered anti-reflective nanostructures (left) that mimic structures found in a moth’s eye (moth ..... companies are in the process of licensing the anti-reflective nanostructure technology from Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, the technology …
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Plasmonic resonances discovered in quantum dots
… that LSPRs require a metal nanostructure , where the conduction electrons ..... that, in principle, any nanostructure can exhibit LSPRs so long ..... merged the field of plasmonic nanostructures , which exhibit tunable ..... engineered through a choice of nanostructure parameters, such as shape …
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Nano-scale gratings stabilize VCSEL polarization
… photonics . Image: The result is a nanostructure -- for example, a polarization grating ..... platform for rapid prototyping of nanostructures in a minimally invasive way, without ..... from the Laboratory of Physics of Nanostructures at EPFL. The study has recently been …
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Conference Report: MRS Spring 2012, Day 3
… flexible temperature sensors, NEMS and MEMS in HDD, ZnO nanostructures , and various aspects of CMP. Day 3 of the MRS Spring 2012 ..... Minnesota described energy harvesting with ZnO nanowires. ZnO nanostructures are unique in that they have been fabricated into nanobelts …
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Arkema enters microelectronics manufacturing research area with CEA
… performance materials and manufacturing processes to grow the leading-edge electronics sector in France. Arkema will nanostructure polymers to produce new materials that optimize performance and cost of next-generation silicon components. CEA researchers …
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Graphene nanowiggles exhibit specific bandgap and magnetic properties
… blueprint" for scientists to pick out graphene nanostructures for various tasks or devices, based on bandgap ..... difficult to build defect-free graphene nanostructures ," because the nanostructures are hard to reproduce. A group led by scientists …
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MIT's maskless MEMS wafer patterning promises cheaper, higher-mix manufacturing
… MIT's MEMS work via these links: Martin Schmidt: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/mems/documents/schmidt.pdf NanoStructures Laboratory: http://nanoweb.mit.edu/ Luis Fernando Velásquez-García: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/wpmu …
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Buckyballs "cook" on ruthenium into uniform quantum dots
… Singapore developed a method to collapse spherical carbon nanostructures into perfect quantum dots . The technique could be applied ..... research will be to devise ways to extract these interesting nanostructures from the ruthenium and transfer them to a semiconducting …
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AVS-ALD, Day 1: Interface engineering, rabbit ears and Roy Gordon
… enabling technology not just in microelectronics, but also in nanostructures , energy, lighting, and other applications. One interesting ..... water, ozone, and metal precursors that are suitable for nanostructures . Sunday night's reception at the nearby Museum of Science …
