It conducts electrons well, but is thin, transparent and strong, making it potentially useful in displays and solar panels. Ribbons of graphene could be more useful still. At widths of around 10 ...

Different ribbons will have a different optimum tension for curling Scientists have explained precisely how and why a ribbon curls when we run a scissor blade down one side of it. They teased out ...

Ultrathin and transparent oxide thin-film transistors have been developed for an active-matrix backplane of a flexible display by using the inorganic-based laser lift-off method. With the advent ...

Upon cooling, these metal oxide molecules precipitate out of the solution (the "gel"), forming a thin, transparent film, which can be guided into an etched surface to make circuits. The high ...

The conductive, copper-plated fibers are entangled, and the spaces between them make the thin film highly transparent The copper-plated nanofibers, on the other hand, establish a "world-record ...

This has made the search for novel transparent electrode materials with good stability, high transparency and excellent conductivity a crucial goal for optoelectronic researchers. Recent work by ...

This equipment should allow for the mass production of 250 mm-width nano crystal ribbon, an industry first. JST's evaluation revealed that the program achieved its targeted results. The R&D challenge ...

"The thinnest antenna was as thin as 62 nanometers — about a thousand times thinner than a sheet of paper — and it was almost transparent. Unlike other nanomaterials fabrication methods ...

A new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal. The material may help build highly ...

Scientists have explained precisely how and why a ribbon curls when we run a scissor blade down one side of it. They teased out the effects of the blade's sharpness, the tension applied to the ...