Advancing light-to-electricity energy conversion: New method extends lifespan of plasmonic hot holes
When light interacts with metallic nanostructures, it instantaneously generates plasmonic hot carriers, which serve as key ...
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Extending Hot Holes for High-Efficiency Energy Conversion
A Korean research team has amplified hot hole flow in nanodiodes, enhancing light-to-energy conversion for advanced solar ...
USTC develops compact device for super-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit
The researchers demonstrated the device's capabilities by imaging various samples, including polystyrene beads, nanowires, and biological specimens. Using a Blind-SIM reconstruction algorithm, they ...
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Physicists Can Finally Explain How Sand in an Hourglass Can Suddenly Stop Flowing
For their simulations, Narayan and Mathur used numerical data other researchers had collected from studying packs of ...
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Reducing heat loss from your home
Walls 35 Cavity wall insulation fills the cavity between the outside walls with mineral wool, polystyrene beads or foam. Trapped air between fibres, beads or within foam reduces heat loss by ...
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Compact optical device achieves super-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit
The researchers demonstrated the device's capabilities by imaging various samples, including polystyrene beads, nanowires, and biological specimens. Using a Blind-SIM reconstruction algorithm ...