A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and grippers for surgical robots, light-powered micro-mirrors for optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors. “This is a new area of science,” said Balaji Read more about A revolutionary light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used in a variety of applications[…]