Pedro H. Pereira and Daniel N. Micha presented the fundamentals of scientific articles and journals, among with the various metrics used to determine their impact factor. Tools like Google Scholar, Qualis and Scopus were briefly presented. This presentation was a part of the LabSem’s Paperclub […]
Variable power supply from an old power brick and a buck converter
I had an old wireless router power supply (12 V, 1.5 A) that was unused and thought it would be nice to have a variable output voltage power supply. I achieved this by using a cheap DC-DC buck converter and a 20 K ohms potentiometer. […]
Labsem Paperclub 09 – Bound states in the continuum (BIC’s)
Luis Chipana presented the paper “Bound states in the continuum” by C. W. Hsu, B. Zhen, A. D. Stone, J. D. Joannopoulos and M. Soljačić during the meeting of LabSem’s Paperclub on June 15, 2020.
Projector wall mount
I designed a simple wall mount for my LG PH550G projector. It is angled at 10º and allows projecting the image on the ceiling, so that I can watch movies while lying on the bed. It’s a setup that I always wanted to try, because […]
LabSem Paperclub 07 – OMVPE of InAs quantum dots on an InGaP surface
Eleonora C. Weiner presented the paper “OMVPE of InAs quantum dots on an InGaP surface” by D. V. Forbes, A. M. Podell, M. A. Slocum, S. J. Polly and S. M. Hubbard during the meeting of LabSem’s Paperclub on May 25, 2020.
LabSem Paperclub 06 – III–V quantum-dot lasers monolithically grown on silicon
Beatriz V. Rocha presented the paper “III–V quantum-dot lasers monolithically grown on silicon” by M. Liao, S. Chen, J.-S. Park, A. Seeds and H. Liu during the meeting of LabSem’s Paperclub on May 25, 2020.
LabSem Paperclub 05 – Pandemia: Uma abordagem computacional
Pedro H. Pereira presented the study “Pandemia: Uma abordagem computacional” about the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, during the LabSem’s Paperclub meeting on May 18, 2020.
LabSem Paperclub 04 – Células solares de Perovskitas: Uma nova tecnologia emergente
Luciana Dornellas presented the paper “Células solares de Perovskitas: Uma nova tecnologia emergente” by E. Raphaela, M. N. Silva, R. Szostak, M. A. Schiavon and A. F. Nogueira during the LabSem’s Paperclub meeting on May 11, 2020.
LabSem Paperclub 03 – Solution-processed semiconductors for next-generation photodetectors
Christian Schlegel presented the paper “Solution-processed semiconductors for next-generation photodetectors” by F. P. G. de Arquer, A. Armin, P. Meredith and E. H. Sargent during the LabSem’s Paperclub meeting on May 5, 2020.
LabSem Paperclub 02 – Long-wavelength IR photovoltaic heterodyne receivers using patch-antenna QCDs
Pedro H. Pereira presented the paper “Long-wavelength IR photovoltaic heterodyne receivers using patch-antenna QCDs” by A.Bigioli, G. Armaroli, A. Vasanelli, D. Gacemi, Y. Todorov, D. Palaferri, L. Li, A. G. Davies, E. H. Linfield and C. Sirtori during the LabSem’s paperclub meeting on April 27, […]