APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Spectroscopy and microscopy ADVANTAGES: Removes the standing wave structure from a ponderomotive phase plate Enables an easier and faster process of aligning the electron beam to the phase plate Ensures data of equally high quality for entire data collection period Tunable phase shift – between 0 and 360° Negligible electron … [Read more...] about Use of Optical Polarization States to Control a Ponderomotive Phase Plate 2019-118
Physical Sciences
Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
APPLICATIONS: Solar cells ABSTRACT: Alex Zettl and Onur Ergen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed graded bandgap perovskite photovoltaic cells with good output current and power conversion efficiency by implementing a new cell architecture. GaN was chosen to replace the typical TiO2 electron transport layer to provide a better surface morphology … [Read more...] about Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
Antiferromagnetic Memory Storage Device from Magnetic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2019-114
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Magnetic Memory Storage Semiconductors/Microelectronics ADVANTAGES: Appealing for low-power and low-temperature memory storage applications Points towards use of TMDs at or near room temperature for faster memory storage at lower power consumption ABSTRACT: James Analytis from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, and James's … [Read more...] about Antiferromagnetic Memory Storage Device from Magnetic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2019-114
Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Radiolabeling Metal separation Water treatment ADVANTAGES: Robust chelators High selectivity ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a new class of chelators – molecules that can bind metals – that incorporate peptoids into the chelator backbone, offering more control over the chelator’s structure and ligands. … [Read more...] about Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181