Quantum dot manufacturing technology may ead to a new generation of LED lighting

Advances in manufacturing technology for quantum dots may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and low-cost manufacturing processes that take advantage of simple microwave heating.

'Diamonds from the sky' approach turns CO2 into carbon nanofibers

A team of chemists says they have developed a technology to economically convert atmospheric CO2 directly into highly valued carbon nanofibers for industrial and consumer products.

Charge transport in hybrid silicon solar cells

Researchers have made a surprising discovery about hybrid organic/inorganic solar cells. Contrary to expectations, a diode composed of the conductive organic PEDOT:PSS and an n-type silicon absorber material behaves more like a pn junction between two semiconductors than like a metal-semiconductor contact (Schottky diode).

Researchers announce discovery in fundamental physics

Researchers used a synchrotron X-ray source to investigate the existence of instabilities in the arrangement of the electrons in metals as a function of both temperature and pressure, and to pinpoint, for the first time, how those instabilities arise.

First demonstration of matter wave technique that could cool molecules

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time a new laser cooling method, based upon the interference of matter waves, that could be used to cool molecules.