Plasmonic nanostructures could lead to big benefits for everything from TVs to microscopes

What if one day, your computer, TV or smart phone could process data with light waves instead of an electrical current, making those devices faster, cheaper and more sustainable through less heat and power consumption? That’s just one possibility that could one day result from an international research collaboration that’s exploring how to improve...

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A blend of polymers could make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient.

A University of Cincinnati research partnership is reporting advances on how to one day make solar cells stronger, lighter, more flexible and less expensive when compared with the current silicon or germanium technology on the market. Yan Jin, a UC doctoral student in the materials science and engineering program, Department of Biomedical, Chemical,...

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Silver nanoparticles adorn graphene to utilise light efficiently

The most ubiquitous form of energy around us, light, is surprisingly underutilised. This is largely because photo-based devices are very inefficient at absorbing and then converting light into a useful electrical signal. Now researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IIS) have designed a novel device based on graphene and metal nanoparticles that...

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