New blended solar cells yield high power conversion efficiencies

Researchers have blended together various polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to create a solar cell with increased power efficiencies and electricity generation.

Energy-efficient magnetic RAM: A new building block for spintronic technologies

Researchers have developed the first prototype of a non-volatile magnetic memory device entirely based on a nanometer-thin layered material, which can be tuned with a tiny current.

Shining a light on what's really happening in perovskite solar cells

Researchers take a molecular-level look at what happens in perovskite solar cells when they are operating, to determine the factors that affect their performance.

Filming roaming molecular fragments in real time

Scientists have succeeded in shooting the first molecular film of 'roamers' (hydrogen fragments, in this case, that orbit around HCO fragments) during a chemical reaction, by studying the photo-dissociation of formaldehyde, H2CO.

In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize 'bright' quantum bits

An interdisciplinary team of chemists and physicists has developed a new method to create tailor-made qubits: by chemically synthesizing molecules that encode quantum information into their magnetic, or 'spin', states.

Batteries mimic mammal bones for stability

By copying the multilayer geometry of mammal bones, cathodes for sodium-ion batteries can be made more structurally stable, while maintaining high capacities and fast charge rates.

Nanospindles enhance use of ultrasound to fight cancer

Nanoscale vanadium-doped titanium dioxide spindles sensitize cancerous tumors to ultrasound waves, markedly suppressing tumor growth.