Learn more about Semiconductors and Microelectronics
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September 7, 2016Artificial photosynthesis, which is the process of conversion of sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into fuels, relies on chemically stableBasic Energy Sciences
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September 1, 2016The understanding of microscopic properties of atomically thin materials, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), is of fundamentalBasic Energy Sciences
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September 1, 2016Blinking, or fluorescence intermittency, limits the usefulness of silicon nanoparticles for optoelectronic applications. Scientists have proposedBasic Energy Sciences
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August 4, 2016More than forty years after the original proposal of organic molecular diodes, the electrical performance of such devices remains several orders ofBasic Energy Sciences
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July 26, 2016Scientists created a new form of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites in atomically thin 2D sheets. These hybrid perovskites have shown promise asBasic Energy Sciences
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July 26, 2016Silicon has been successful because it is an electronically tunable semiconductor material that can be used in electronic devices. Graphene hasBasic Energy Sciences
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July 26, 2016This new concept involves arrays of optical nano-cavities called metamaterials, which are added to thin-layered semiconductors (heterostructures)Basic Energy Sciences
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July 26, 2016In the quantum mechanical phenomenon called resonant tunneling, electrons that are in a well-defined quantum well (or quantum state) can move to anBasic Energy Sciences
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July 25, 2016The photoluminescence efficiency is characterized by the ratio of light emitted to the amount of energy deposited into the system. For advancedBasic Energy Sciences
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July 20, 2016Semiconducting nanowires have a wide range of existing and potential applications in optoelectronic materials, from single-electron transistors andBasic Energy Sciences