A research team has achieved near-unity room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) (>99%) in the near-infrared (NIR) emission of metal nanoclusters in solution. Their work is published in Science.
Nanophysics
Mar 18, 2024
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A team of Florida State University researchers has uncovered a way to use low-energy light to manipulate photopolymers or plastic films—a finding that has implications for a wide range of technologies that use light as ...
Polymers
Jun 28, 2022
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A Rice University-led study is forcing physicists to rethink superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, an A-list material in the worldwide race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers.
Superconductivity
Dec 22, 2021
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Different from the narrow band emission based on free excitons in lead-perovskite nanocrystals (NCs), the low electronic dimensionality in lead-free double perovskite NCs can lead to self-trapped excitons (STEs), generating ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 18, 2021
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Recently, a research group led by Prof. Wu Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that endothermic charge-transfer-mediated triplet energy transfer (TET) ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 24, 2021
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That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
Materials Science
Dec 4, 2020
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Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with international partners have found a way to significantly reduce the amount of energy required by organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). ...
General Physics
Jun 5, 2019
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An international team of scientists has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient by converting light usually missed by solar cells into usable energy.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 23, 2018
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Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows fluorescent proteins to switch colour in two phases. They are thereby laying the groundwork for new applications in microscopy and functional analyses in biological research.
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2017
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A red panda, a species listed as endangered, has died at a suburban Philadelphia zoo.
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2017
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