In Search of the Perfect Semiconductor Photon Detector

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Y. Yu

Photon detectors have many important applications, such as in heat sensing, digital cameras, solar cells and x-ray and gamma-ray detection. So far, the most common detectors are based on elemental …

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Nano Carbon: From ballistic transistors to atomic drumheads

14 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul L. McEuen

Carbon takes many forms, from precious diamonds to lowly graphite. Surprisingly, it is the latter that is the most prized by nano physicists. Graphene, a single layer of graphite, can serve as an …

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The Potential of Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Resource

14 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mildred S. Dresselhaus

An overview is presented on the grand challenges to the science community in the next few decades in meeting global energy needs for the 21st century. Major advances in our present capabilities will …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3996

Semiconductor Device Education Material

28 Jan 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This page has moved to "a Wiki page format" When we hear the words, semiconductor device, we may think first of the transistors in PCs or video game consoles, but transistors are the basic …

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The Helios Talks

25 Sep 2007 | Series | Contributor(s): Joe Ringgenberg, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C Grossman

The energy problem is one of the most important issues that science and technology has to solve. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Helios Project concentrates on renewable fuels, such …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3266

The Energy Problem: What the Helios Project Can Do About It

13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steven Chu

Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu talks about the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He proposes an aggressive research …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2802

Nanoscience at Work: Creating Energy from Sunlight

13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): A. Paul Alivisatos

Professor Paul Alivisatos introduces the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He discusses how Helios Project …

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Adept

01 May 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): J. L. Gray, Michael McLennan

Simulates 1D heterostructures, including solar cells

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CdTe/CdS-BASED PHOTODIODE ARRAYS VIA SELECTIVE-AREA, CLOSE-SPACED SUBLIMATION

07 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arev Gabriel Escobedo

In this talk, the deposition of dense arrays of CdTe/CdS photodiodes, via close-spaced sublimation, is presented for the first time. The previously reported ordered polycrystalline method was used to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2078