Self-Assembled Nanotextures Create Antireflective Surface on Silicon Solar Cells
Nanostructured surface textures—with shapes inspired by the structure of moths' eyes—prevent the reflection of light off silicon, improving conversion of sunlight to electricity.
Read more about Self-Assembled Nanotextures Create Antireflective Surface on Silicon Solar CellsSelf-destructive Effects of Magnetically-doped Ferromagnetic Topological Insulators
Research conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed extreme disorder in a fundamental property of the surface electrons known as the "Dirac mass."
Read more about Self-destructive Effects of Magnetically-doped Ferromagnetic Topological Insulators20-Ton Magnet Heads to New York
A superconducting magnet begins its journey from SLAC laboratory in California to Brookhaven Lab in New York.
Read more about 20-Ton Magnet Heads to New YorkSolving an Organic Semiconductor Mystery
Naomi Ginsberg, a faculty chemist with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, led a team that used a unique form of microscopy to study the domain interfaces within an especially high-performing solution-processed organic semiconductor called TIPS-pentacene.
Read more about Solving an Organic Semiconductor MysteryDark Horse of the Dark Matter Hunt
Scientists on ADMX – short for the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment, which is supported by the Office of Science and the National Science Foundation – are searching for hypothetical particles called axions. The axion is a dark matter candidate that is also a bit of a dark horse.
Read more about Dark Horse of the Dark Matter HuntFrom the Bottom Up: Manipulating Nanoribbons at the Molecular Level
researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new precision approach for synthesizing graphene nanoribbons from pre-designed molecular building blocks.
Read more about From the Bottom Up: Manipulating Nanoribbons at the Molecular LevelWater, Water, Everywhere — Controlling the Properties of Nanomaterials
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are learning how the properties of water molecules on the surface of metal oxides can be used to better control these minerals and use them to make products such as more efficient semiconductors for organic light emitting diodes and solar cells.
Read more about Water, Water, Everywhere — Controlling the Properties of NanomaterialsSolar Cell Polymers with Multiplied Electrical Output
A team from Brookhaven National Lab has found a new family of materials that produces "twin" electrical charges on single molecules, potentially paving the way for easy manufacture of more efficient solar devices.
Read more about Solar Cell Polymers with Multiplied Electrical OutputWorld’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding Approval
The 3,200-megapixel centerpiece of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will provide unprecedented details of the universe and help address some of its biggest mysteries, has received key “Critical Decision 2” approval from the DOE.
Read more about World’s Most Powerful Camera Receives Funding ApprovalFrom the Lab to Your Digital Device, Quantum Dots Have Made Quantum Leaps
Berkeley Lab’s nanotechnology enlivens Nanosys’ displays, enhancing the color and saving energy.
Read more about From the Lab to Your Digital Device, Quantum Dots Have Made Quantum LeapsSimulations Aimed at Safer Transport of Explosives
Researchers from the University of Utah are using supercomputing resources at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, to understanding better exactly how accidents involving transportation of explosives occur and can be an important step to learning how better to prevent them.
Read more about Simulations Aimed at Safer Transport of Explosives“Seeing” Hydrogen Atoms to Unveil Enzyme Catalysis
A multi-institutional research team led by Chris Dealwis from Case Western Reserve University has used the new IMAGINE instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) to map an enzyme that could play an important role in anti-cancer drug development.
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