China: lets probe fοr EU Dumping

China’s Ministry of Commerce is looking into a request to investigate polysilicon dumping by German manufacturers after the country’s biggest maker,Solarworld AG (SWV), pushed for a similar European Union probe.

Four Chinese solar companies, including New York-listed LDK Solar Co. (LDK), asked the government to start anti-dumping, anti-subsidy probes on polysilicon exported from the EU, the officialXinhua News

Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution

New process developed at MIT could enable better LED displays, solar cells and biosensors — and foster basic physics research.

David L. Chandler, MIT News Office

Films made of semiconductor nanocrystals — tiny crystals measuring just a few billionths of a meter across — are seen as a promising new material for a wide range of applications. Nanocrystals could be used in electronic or photonic circuits, detectors for biomolecules, or the glowing pixels on high-resolution display screens. They also hold promise for more efficient solar cells.