Aviation in an Additive Age

Posted on January 6, 2016 by rberkowitz

Screen Shot 2016-01-06 at 08.22.03Assessing the role played by additive manufacturing in aircraft production.  Read more in Laser Systems Europe (print, pg 18-19) and online…

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Some Like it Hot: Simulating Single Particle Excitations

Posted on December 17, 2015 by rberkowitz

lbnlUnderstanding and manipulating plasmons is important for their potential use in photovoltaics, solar cell water splitting, and sunlight-induced fuel production from CO2. Now, for the first time, the interplay between the plasmon mode and the single particle excitation within a small metal cluster has been simulated directly. Read more at Berkeley Lab…my last press release written while full-time at LBNL (credit at bottom of article…embargo lifted after I left!)

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Photonic Crystal Nanolasers Shown to be Highly Sensitive Biosensors

Posted on December 9, 2015 by rberkowitz

m360_decMove over, ELISA. While the Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay has long been one of the most popular ways of detecting and quantifying the presence of antibodies or antigens in solution, nanolasers may be poised to share the spotlight on the biosensor stage. Read more at Materials 360 Online…

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Active Mud Volcano Field Discovered off Southeast Alaska

Posted on November 30, 2015 by rberkowitz

garygreeneA cruise to study landslide potential along an earthquake-prone fault found a surprising methane plume. Read more at Eos…

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On the way to Multiband Solar Cells

Posted on November 12, 2015 by rberkowitz

Rachel-B-waldek_1-300x178Wladek Walukiewicz led the development of the first intermediate band solar cell to demonstrate charge transfer across all three band transitions – valence/intermediate, intermediate/conducting, and conducting/valence. These results open the door to high-efficiency solar cells and multicolor light emitters.  Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Computing a Textbook of Crystal Physics

Posted on September 29, 2015 by rberkowitz

figure5Berkeley Lab scientists publish world’s largest database of piezoelectric properties Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Molecular Foundry User Meeting: A Macroscopic View of Nanoscience

Posted on September 3, 2015 by rberkowitz

in_tentA US Department of Energy (DOE) user facility such as the Molecular Foundry provides perhaps one of the best examples of a community in which scientists from a range of disciplines have the opportunity to forge connections. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Defects Through the Looking Glass

Posted on September 2, 2015 by rberkowitz

defectsBerkeley Lab researchers characterize individual defects inside a bulk insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Sensitive and Specific: A New Way of Probing Electrolyte/Electrode Interfaces

Posted on July 8, 2015 by rberkowitz

Img1Berkeley Lab researchers’ novel diffraction spectroscopy technique will provide insight to chemical processes at important battery interface. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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A Bright Light for Ultrafast Snapshots of Materials

Posted on June 11, 2015 by rberkowitz

Rachel-B-Kaindl-feature-300x283Berkeley Lab researchers develop a bright, high-repetition-rate laser source in the extreme UV for studies of ultrafast materials dynamics. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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