Fantastic plastic
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Conjugated polymers, one class of plastics, are interesting materials with the unique combination of semiconducting properties and scope for simple fabrication and shaping. A major breakthrough in the development of semi conducting polymers is the discovery that when a voltage is applied to a thin layer of one of these materials, light can be emitted.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Chiral metal complexes with large octupolar optical nonlinearities
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The hyperpolarizibility values, which are significant in determining the characteristics of optically nonlinear organic materials, can be varied by the selection of ligands in the constituent material. These optical materials in which the hyperpolarizibility is enhanced can be used in telecommunication and optical signal processing applications.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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A bug-beating diode
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The potentially revolutionary production of UVC light using semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LED) based on aluminum nitride, which could be powered by low-voltage solar cells, is discussed. It is found that the wavelength of light emitted from a semiconductor LED is nearly the same as that of the light that it absorbs.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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