Delivering pressure with an unconventional crystal interface

Defect engineering and heterogenous interface used to produce strains in emerging semiconductors.

Highly efficient wet-processed solar cells with molecules in the same orientation

This is the first study that effectively demonstrates a method of producing efficient organic solar cells using the wet processing method.

Scientists form atomically flat tellurium

Two-dimensional element shows promise for solar cells and other optoelectronics.

Researchers switch material from one state to another with a single flash of light

Switches like this one, discovered with an ultrafast ?electron camera?, could offer a new, simple path to storing data in next-generation devices.

Nanocrystals arrange to improve electronics

Nanocrystals are promising building blocks for new and improved electronic devices, due to their size-tunable properties and ability to integrate into devices at low-cost.

Photonic plasmon hook: scientists obtain a new class of curved beams for biosensors and nanoparticle control

A new class of curved plasmon beams named as a photonic hook plasmon can be used as a nanoparticle manipulator, as well as in biosensors to study substances in small volumes and plasmon microscopes for benefiting superresolution.

A self-powered heart monitor taped to the skin

Scientists have developed a human-friendly, ultra-flexible organic sensor powered by sunlight, which acts as a self-powered heart monitor.

Scientists create new oil-resistant filter technology (w/video)

The new invention consists of a type of coating that produces thin films of water-loving, oil-repelling molecules on the surface of filter membranes. These metal oxide molecules grab onto any loose water atoms while resisting oil.