David Cliffel

  • Spinach power gets a major boost

    Spinach power gets a major boost

    Spinach power has just gotten a big boost. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, the material used in solar cells, in a fashion that produces substantially more electrical current… Read More

    Sep. 4, 2012

  • New technique maps twin faces of smallest Janus nanoparticles

    New technique maps twin faces of smallest Janus nanoparticles

    New drug delivery systems, solar cells, industrial catalysts and video displays are among the potential New drug delivery systems, solar cells, industrial catalysts and video displays are among the potential applications of special particles that possess two chemically distinct sides. These particles are named after the two-faced Roman god Janus… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2011