Cambrios, established in 2002 in California, develops silver -
nanowire based transparent electrodes for consumer devices.
Not exact matches
The new
nanowire -
based supercapacitor exceeds the performance of existing batteries, while occupying a very small volume.
A separate group in Zhang's lab accomplished a similar feat using silver
nanowires embedded in a solid
base.
In this new work, he and his colleagues have shown that desirable characteristics for such devices, such as high power density, are not unique to carbon -
based nanoparticles, and that niobium
nanowire yarn is a promising an alternative.
The incoming energy powers circuits in the device that control sensors
based on silicon
nanowires.
Lithographically patterned Pd
nanowires were simply overcoated with a Zn -
based zeolite imidazole framework (ZIF - 8) layer composed of Zn ions and organic ligands.
A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a
nanowire -
based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems while using only 1 percent of the silicon material needed to capture photons.
To overcome the limitations of Pd -
based hydrogen sensors, the research team introduced a MOF layer on top of a Pd
nanowire array.
Thus, the ZIF - 8 filter on the Pd
nanowires allows the predominant penetration of hydrogen molecules, leading to the acceleration of Pd -
based H2 sensors with a 20-fold faster recovery and response speed compared to pristine Pd
nanowires at room temperature.
And by staining the bacterial membrane, periplasm, cytoplasm, and specific proteins, researchers were able to take video of the
nanowires reaching out — confirming that they were
based on membrane, and not pili at all.
Javey's group built a relatively large pad, seven centimeters on a side, comprising 342 individual sensor pixels with
nanowire -
based transistors.
The calculations performed by Tomoya and Kinkuji were
based on previous experiments and observations of helical gold
nanowires.
In this work, a harmonic lattice dynamics and scattering boundary method
based atomistic modeling tool was created to calculate phonon spectra and modal phonon transmission coefficients in nano - phononic structures and diameter - modulated
nanowires.
In the case of Ge -
based semiconductors a lot of work was done on the direct tailoring of the material geometry (
nanowires, phononic crystals, nanoporous materials, etc.) achieving for example materials with ultra-low thermal conductivity.
«Prior experimental approaches
based on semiconductor
nanowires on superconductors have produced inconclusive signals which could also be attributed to other effects,» Qiu said.
«Under simulated sunlight, this integrated
nanowire -
based artificial photosynthesis system achieved a 0.12 - percent solar - to - fuel conversion efficiency.