Liquid-crystal platform overcomes optical losses in photonic circuits
Photonic circuits, which manipulate light to perform various computational tasks, have become essential tools for a range of ...
Science Daily21d
The two faces of liquid water
Scientists have uncovered a key finding to one of water's unique properties: at high pressure and low temperature, liquid water separates into two distinct liquid phases -- one high-density and ...
Datacenter Dynamics21d
Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Offers a New Model for Cooling Next-Gen Servers
The challenge of cooling extremely dense and high-performance infrastructure is a well known problem, but the recent introduction of two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling options may offer a ...
Interesting Engineering24d
50x more stability: Organic solar cells’ efficiency gets 56% boost with liquid crystals
Despite having multiple advantages over silicon solar cells, OSCs have remained non-ideal for the real world.
C&EN25d
Solid–liquid Phase Equilibria and Volumetric Properties of Alkali Borates at 308.2, 323.2, and 348.2 K for Boron-Rich Brine
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Phys.org26d
Chiral liquid crystals improve solar cell efficiency and stability by 50 times
Overall, the researchers demonstrated that achiral liquid crystal pathways show a 20% improvement in efficiency and three-fold improvement in stability when compared to random aggregation assemblies.
C&EN26d
Strengthening Liquid Crystal Elastomer Muscles
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer ...