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March 25, 2015

Discovery could yield more efficient portable electronics, solar cells
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 25, 2015
By figuring out how to precisely order the molecules that make up what scientists call organic glass - the materials at the heart of some electronic displays, light-emitting diodes and solar cells - a team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set the stage for more efficient and sturdier portable electronic devices and possibly a new generation of solar cells based on organic materials. Writing this week (March 23, 2015) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (P ... read more

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