The candidate pool for engineered materials that can help enable tomorrow's cutting-edge optical technologies—such as lasers, detectors and imaging devices—is much deeper than previously believed.

Researchers have demonstrated that by using a semiconductor with flexible bonds, the material can be molded into various ...

The band gap is of great importance when designing semiconductor devices and the ability to adjust its value could make graphene a promising material for future electronic and optical devices.

The color change is quite rapid, and seems to also result in a general increase in the LED’s intensity, although that could be an optical illusion; our eyes are most sensitive in the greenish ...

In nanotechnology, Band Gap Engineering is pivotal for developing advanced materials with tailored electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. By controlling the band gap at the nanoscale, ...

It is desirable to develop high-performance infrared devices using non-toxic, direct transition semiconductors with a band gap in the infrared range.

Optical excitation of electrons across the band gap is strongly allowed, producing an abrupt increase in absorptivity at the wavelength corresponding to the gap energy. This feature in the optical ...

Korean researchers have proved the existence of the second band gap in a 2D structure. The result is expected to be used in various fields such as the development of emerging materials, solar ...

UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy enables precise band gap measurements of TiO2 powder, crucial for optimizing semiconductor and solar cell efficiency.