New devices boast a photovoltaic efficiency of 20.2% and an open-circuit voltage of 1.13 V
Read article: Bilayer electron transport material helps improve perovskite solar cells
The devices also boast short channel lengths, high channel conductance and excellent switching characteristics
Read article: Reducing the contact resistance in 2D semiconducting transistors
Fractalized device could be used in biosensing
Read article: Modified Sierpinski triangle makes a good mid-infrared sensor
Reducing the interactions between electrons and phonons in these layered materials makes them emit brighter light
Read article: 2D perovskites make brilliant blue-light emitters
Sub-micron architectures in a cellulose derivative produce bright, structural colours
Read article: Photonic cellulose goes iridescent
Supramolecular structure carries on rotating thanks to spontaneous symmetry breaking
Read article: Frustrated liquid crystal film makes continuously rotating soft engine
Carbon-based electromechanical devices operating at over 900 °C would work in harsh or extreme environments
Read article: Graphene resonators can stand the heat
Dark-mode resonators provide low-profile, high Q-factor, tuneable lasers
Read article: Lasers go to the dark side
Nanostructured superconductor traps tubes of magnetic field to store information
Read article: Tiny traps bring quantum magnetic memory under control
A novel approach to produce embedded plasmonic nanoparticles in a semiconducting layer could improve the efficiency of solid-state lighting
Read article: Plasmonic nanoparticles boost light emission
