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| Climate change could lead to power outages, higher power costs on west coast of US Posted: 05 Jan 2022 07:32 AM PST Two studies project the future of power supply and demand on the West Coast under different scenarios: one under climate change and another where power sources shift toward renewables and the climate follows historic trends. |
| Suppressing the Auger recombination process in quantum dots Posted: 05 Jan 2022 06:45 AM PST Quantum Dot (QD) is a nanometer-sized semiconductor nanocrystal that has unique optical properties such as the ability to emit light in the range of optical frequencies depending on its size. QDs have already been applied to practical optoelectronic applications including light-emitting displays, solar cells, photodetectors, and lasers. |
| Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces Posted: 04 Jan 2022 09:36 AM PST Conventional wet-chemistry methods used to create biocidal materials are complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Researchers present a tutorial in which they explore a promising alternative called plasma-enabled surface engineering. The technology relies on nonequilibrium plasma that produces chemical reactions to change the properties at the material surface. Reactions can be manipulated by adjusting electric power for surface activation, coating deposition, and surface nanostructuring of virtually any solid material. |
| Sustainable silk material for biomedical, optical, food supply applications Posted: 04 Jan 2022 08:22 AM PST Researchers discuss the properties of silk and recent and future applications of the material. It has been used in drug delivery and is ideal for wearable and implantable health monitoring sensors. Silk is also useful in optics and electronics and more recently has come to the forefront of sustainability research. The use of silk coatings may also reduce food waste, which is a significant component of the global carbon footprint. |
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