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Tiny antennas to bring electrical power to the un-powerable nanoparticles
A new technique uses ‘molecular antennas’ to funnel electrical energy into insulating nanoparticles, creating a new class of ultra-pure near-infrared LEDs for medical diagnostics, optical communications, and sensing. “For applications...
19 November 2025
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New organic molecule set to transform solar energy harvesting
In a discovery that bridges a century of physics, scientists have observed a phenomenon, once thought to be the domain of inorganic metal oxides, thriving within a glowing organic semiconductor...
1 October 2025
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Carbon-based molecules open new pathways for quantum sensing
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Université Paris-Saclay have found a new kind of a molecular material, built bottom-up with carbon atoms, that can link electron spin and light...
29 July 2025
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BRIGHTS future for quantum objects
Professor Sir Richard Friend is one of the leading researchers to win a European Research Council’s (ERC) award in its latest round of Advanced Grant competition. The funding, worth €2.5...
17 June 2025
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Exciting moments on the edge
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and semiconducting properties at room temperature. The research, led by the University of Cambridge with international...
12 March 2025
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Solving the doping problem: Enhancing performance in Organic Semiconductors
Cavendish physicists have discovered two new ways to improve organic semiconductors. They found a way to remove more electrons from the material than previously possible and used unexpected properties in...
2 August 2024