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Virtual hunt for solar technology yields initial results

Theoretical screening method produces first sample molecule as researchers analyse 3.5 million candidates for solar cells.

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Tollefson, J. Virtual hunt for solar technology yields initial results. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.481

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