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New Research Produces Record Levels of Strain in Single-Crystal Silicon, Which Could Lead To Phones With Smoke Detector Technology

January 18, 2022
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Guildford, UK — University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved before. The discovery, which has a patent...

Novel Method of Imaging Silicon Anode Degradation may Lead to Better Batteries

July 30, 2021
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State College, PA — A novel method of characterizing the structural and chemical evolution of silicon and a thin layer that governs battery stability may help resolve issues that prevent using silicon...

Physicists’ Study Demonstrates Silicon’s Energy-Harvesting Power

August 26, 2019
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Richardson, TX — A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed with Texas Instruments Inc. to design a better way for electronics to convert waste heat into reusable energy. The collaborative...

Engineering for High-Speed Devices

April 1, 2019
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Newark, DE — If you use a smartphone, laptop, or tablet, then you benefit from research in photonics, the study of light. At the University of Delaware, a team led by Tingyi Gu, an assistant professor...

Expanding Use of Silicon in Batteries, by Preventing Electrodes from Expanding

February 21, 2019
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Philadelphia, PA — The latest lithium-ion batteries on the market are likely to extend the charge-to-charge life of phones and electric cars by as much as 40 percent. This leap forward, which comes...

‘Sun in a Box’ would Store Renewable Energy for Grid

December 6, 2018
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MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may...

Researchers Create World’s Smallest Diode Using Single Molecule DNA

April 11, 2016
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Athens, GA — Researchers at the University of Georgia and at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have demonstrated for the first time that nanoscale electronic components can be made from single DNA molecules....

Scientists Suggest New Strategy to Create ‘Organic’ Solar Cells, Challenging Classic Dogma

August 18, 2015
Kristina Popova

West Lafayette, IN — New research findings contradict a fundamental assumption about the functioning of “organic” solar cells made of low-cost plastics, suggesting a new strategy for creating...

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