Posts Tagged ‘Kavli Nanoscience Institute’

Caltech Researchers Create Highly Absorbing, Flexible Solar Cells with Silicon Wire Arrays

Written on 1 Mar, 2010 at 18:30 in Research | viewed 186 times | 0 Comments

Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently... (Continue reading)

Caltech physicists create first nanoscale mass spectrometer

Written on 23 Jul, 2009 at 18:29 in Research | viewed 231 times | 0 Comments

Device can instantly measure the mass of an individual molecule. Using devices millionths of a meter in size, physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a technique to determine the mass of a single molecule, in real time. The... (Continue reading)