
Material Science and Engineering
Functional 2D-enabled microchips become reality
The first demonstration of a functional microchip integrating atomically thin two-dimensional materials with exotic properties heralds a new era of microelectronics.
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Material Science and Engineering
The first demonstration of a functional microchip integrating atomically thin two-dimensional materials with exotic properties heralds a new era of microelectronics.
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An electronic sensor based on individual atoms anchored to MXene nanomaterials can detect tumor-specific biomarkers.
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A microscale “memristor” with inkjet-printed electrodes offers an energy efficient and stable true random number generator for cryptography applications.
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Salt-rejecting microchannels make it easier to turn seawater drinkable using the power of the sun.
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The image of an object that is obscured when the light passes through a scattering material can be recovered in real time.
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Ammonium-ion electrolytes could help create ecofriendly and sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, particularly for grid storage.
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Screens fabricated from organic materials show promise for improved X-ray imaging for medical and security settings.
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Wirelessly powered large-area electronics could enable a cheaper and greener internet of things.
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Rechargeable batteries to benefit from the development of lithium-loving foams.
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Environmentally friendly renewable biosolvents could help clean up the manufacture of solar panels.
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Compliant and conductive carbon nanomaterial could be the perfect fit for on-skin electronics.
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Nanostructured surfaces enable lab-on-a-chip lung cancer diagnosis.
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Precisely determining the energy levels of different solar materials leads to high performance devices.
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Pulses from an atom-sharp tip enable researchers to break and form chemical bonds at will.
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A simple reordering of the layers in solar-cell modules can help improve efficiency.
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An extra metal fluoride layer facilitates charge separation and boosts performance in perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells.
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Graphitic thin films hit high temperatures within seconds under low voltage.
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Light causes small rapid distortions in solar cell material, affecting how charge carriers behave.
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An interface-templated method enhances the crystallinity of large single-layer graphene sheets on insulating supports.
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A novel device architecture makes organic electronics applicable to 5G telecommunications.
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Tunable perovskite-based multilayered films provide long-term stability for high-performing solar cells.
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Pulses of intense light could clean organic pollutants from wastewater.
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Wearable device alerts users about muscle fatigue by monitoring pH levels of sweat.
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Transistor-based sensors offer hope for rapid diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 and other infections.
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Damage from adding electrical contacts to sensitive semiconductors can be mitigated using a buffer layer and optimized deposition.
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Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage.
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A nano-scale memristor is shown to have superior stability for random number generation as an integral part of secure data transmission.
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Clever contacts enhance perovskite/silicon tandem solar-cell performance.
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A simple holistic solution plugs the performance-sapping defects that hamper new alternative solar materials.
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A layer of hierarchically three-dimensional porous graphene greatly suppresses a problem holding back the development of lithium-sulfur batteries.
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A single-molecule layer that helps to channel electrical charge into an electrode can outperform the best conventional material.
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Mixed-cation single crystals narrow the gap between perovskite and top-performing semiconductor solar cells.
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Nanoclusters with a copper-hydrogen core provide new structure-activity insights.
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Combining two light-absorbing materials and optimizing the flow of current improves the performance of solar cells.
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Fluid injection of perovskite semiconductors creates microwires to build different optoelectronic devices on a single silicon chip.
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An electrochemical method for stabilizing a reactive molecule can help the development of higher efficiency solar cells.
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Soft, stretchy, slimline and strong electronics could accelerate the arrival of artificial skin.
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Small molecules could hold the key to enhancing the efficiency of organic solar cells.
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High-performance perovskite solar cells are made using a manufacturing-friendly liquid-based process suitable for roll to roll production.
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A deeper understanding of efficiency-limiting processes provides design rules for organic solar cell materials.
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Treating silicon with carbon dioxide gas in plasma processing brings simplicity and control to a key step for making solar cells.
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Air-stable coatings can improve the longevity of wearable devices that tap into body heat.
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Ultrathin charge-transport layers enable low-cost solar cells to avoid premature degradation from ultraviolet light.
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Researchers develop a better understanding of how novel solar cells developed in the lab will operate under real conditions.
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Imaging artifacts discovered in high-resolution electron microscopes may impact development of next-generation electronic devices.
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Multilayered carbon material could be the perfect fit for heat management in electronic devices.
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Surfaces featuring atomic-scale ledges and steps can act as reusable templates for producing nanoelectronic components.
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Efficient yet exceptionally light organic solar cells created entirely by inkjet printing.
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Atomically precise nanocluster may provide fresh direction for nanocatalysts.
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The successful partnering of perovskite and silicon solar cells leads to solar cells with higher efficiencies that can also be mass produced.
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Scientists working in KAUST’s Core Lab facilities are continuing to push the boundaries of what the university’s major instruments can do.
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Understanding the optimal process for fabricating coupled nanocrystal solids could help researchers to improve optoelectronics devices.
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Solar cells based on single-crystal perovskite films hit a new efficiency record of 21.9 percent.
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Device controlled solely by voltage paves the way for spintronics with ultralow power consumption.
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A way to remotely charge batteries through flesh could help develop components for permanent implantable medical devices.
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The flow of an electrical current can be imaged directly using magnetic bubbles.
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Unconventional perovskites with an inverted structure see a leap in efficiency and longevity with an amine-based additive.
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A simple, cost-effective technique uses solution-based printing to make better ultrathin transistors.
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Sensors that are worn on the skin could soon be powered by our own body heat.
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Tungsten disulfide helps to channel charge in flexible photovoltaics.
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A class of atomically thin 2D compounds, known as MXenes, have a unique combination of properties that are useful for electronic and sensing applications.
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Zirconium-doped transparent electrodes boost the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based tandem solar cells.
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A precise method for stacking semiconductor thin films enhances optoelectronic device performance using quantum effects.
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Changes in composition are shown to affect light-harvesting layer crystallization and perovskite solar cell efficiency.
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A three-component light-harvesting layer boosts performance in an organic solar cell.
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Ruthenium oxide is used to integrate energy-storing microsupercapacitors and thin-film electronics at the transistor level.
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Record-breaking, high-efficiency single crystals bring perovskite solar cells closer to market.
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A low-temperature method for making high-performance thermoelectric materials could recapture lost energy.
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Simulations unveil efficiency targets and design rules to maximize the conversion of light into electricity using organic solar cells.
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Inkjet printing could produce high-efficiency organic solar cells with commercial potential.
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Arranging nanowires in bent configurations may make them less likely to fail inside electronic devices.
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Nanotech-powered electrodes help solve the challenges of using sweat to assess biological conditions in real time.
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Small tweaks in component ratios generate electronically different layers from the same material to create transparent transistors.
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For researchers seeking entrepreneurial opportunities, KAUST can provide the perfect springboard.
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Printable solar materials could soon turn many parts of a house into solar panels.
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Tantalum nitride as thin layers improves the extraction of electrons from silicon solar cells.
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Nanoparticles with a shell structure improve the performance of zinc-oxide photodetectors.
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Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.
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A metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, stretches and heals like human skin for use in medicine and robotics.
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The interface between two tin-oxide semiconductors can exhibit unexpected metallic properties.
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Perovskite particles could improve the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes via a simple process to stabilize the nanocrystal surface.
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Standalone power modules that harvest and convert vibrations from their surroundings into electricity could soon fuel future microsystems.
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Spray coating and inkjet-based electronics manufacture are among the industrial applications in which liquid droplets are applied to a surface. But minuscule air bubbles that get trapped beneath the droplet as it lands can affect the coating’s quality and uniformity.
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New method offers a means of efficient and high-throughput technique to study the structure of DNA.
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Materials that normally become damaged inside electron microscopes can now be imaged with atom-scale resolution.
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A technique of microwave synthesis of layered oxides enables high-capacity aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
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Large-area, two-dimensional semiconductors wired through transparent oxide conductors produce high-performance see-through electronics.
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A mild post-fabrication doping approach can boost the solar conversion of quantum dot-based photovoltaic cells.
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A perovskite crystal’s powerful light-emitting capabilities could be due to missing atoms in its structure.
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A novel type of electronic component made from a blend of polymer materials could enable more effective circuitry.
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New evidence of surface-initiated crystallization may improve the efficiency of printable photovoltaic materials.
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Simple chemicals called glycol ethers help make better perovskite thin films for solar cells.
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Flatter materials have fewer imperfections, which makes for better solar cells and light sensors.
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An ultrathin semiconducting sheet showing gas-responsive electronic properties may lead to highly sensitive gas sensors.
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Discovery of a novel rotational force inside magnetic vortices makes it easier to design ultrahigh capacity disk drives.
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Controlling the orientation of hybrid perovskite crystals offers large-scale structural purity and new properties.
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Varying the thickness of crystallizing materials facilitates control over the patterns and properties of crystals.
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Inscribing porous, carbonized patterns into a polymer creates sensitive electrodes that detect biological molecules.
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The close association between corals and bacteria may help protect coral from heat stress and bleaching.
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A gene-editing method shows promise for using targeted gene-replacement therapy in living organisms.