Imperial College – TechConnect Briefs

Combining solution processed and vacuum deposited layers in small molecule organic solar cell

Kim Y., Imperial College, UK

In this work the characteristics and mechanisms remarkably affecting efficiency in vacuum deposited small molecule solar cells using pentacene, C60, and BCP and the combination of solution processed and vacuum deposited layers like a P3HT [...]

Combining solution processed and vacuum deposited layers in small molecule organic solar cell

Kim Y., Imperial College, UK

In this work the characteristics and mechanisms remarkably affecting efficiency in vacuum deposited small molecule solar cells using pentacene, C60, and BCP and the combination of solution processed and vacuum deposited layers like a P3HT [...]

The Potential of Silicon-Based Ligands in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Jumabekov A., Imperial College, UK

The synthesis and characterisation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on metal centres linked by silicon-containing ligands and the investigation for their ability to take up small magnetically active molecules in order to look at the [...]

Enhanced fluid transport through carbon nanopipes

Whitby M., Cagnon L., Thanou M., Quirke N., Imperial College, UK

Experimental measurement of fluid flow and diffusion through nanoscale channels is important both for determining how classical theories of fluid dynamics apply at very small length scales and with a view to constructing practical nanofluidic [...]

Carbon Nanotube- and Nanofibre-reinforced Polymer Fibres

Shaffer M.S.P., Sandler J.K.W., Pegel S., Windle A.H., Gojny F., Schulte K., Cadek M., Blau W.J., Lohmar J., van Es M., Imperial College, UK

A range of multi-wall carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibres were mixed with a polyamide-12 matrix using a twin-screw microextruder, and the resulting blends used to produce a series of reinforced polymer fibres. The aim was [...]

Sample-Shunting Based PCR Microfluidic Device

Auroux P-A, Day P.J.R., Manz A., Imperial College, UK

A new method to perform on-chip DNA amplification is presented in this abstract: we shunt the sample back and forth over temperature-controlled zones. Compared to existing systems, this approach offers, in addition to a greater [...]