Researchers develop new class of optoelectronic materials
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

Semiconductors are used for myriad optoelectronic devices. However, as devices get smaller and smaller and more demanding, new materials are needed to ensure that devices work with greater efficiency. Now, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have pioneered a new class of semiconductor materials that might enhance the functionality of optoelectronic devices and solar panels-perhaps even using one hundred times less material than the commonly used silicon.