Melosh's group figured out that by coating a piece of semiconducting material with a thin layer of the metal cesium, it made the material able to use both light and heat to generate electricity.

Melosh的研究小组发现用薄层的金属铯覆盖在一片半导体材料上，能够使材料同时利用光和热能来产生电力。

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The result, they report was a very thin (50 to 100 nanometers) layer, or coating, which they immediately dubbed a nanosuit.

结果，他们获得了一个非常薄的（50-100纳米厚）膜，或者涂层，他们称之为纳米盔甲。

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Thin-film photovoltaic systems , where a layer of a coating is applied to glass , seem particularly promising .

在玻璃上有一个覆盖层的薄膜光电系统似乎特别有前途。

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Though its Blu-Ray machines have been its biggest money maker, the German technology company has thus diversified into other areas, where it can replicate its expertise for metalization, i.e. the process of coating plastic with a thin layer of metal.

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The cotton fibers are made conductive by coating the fibers, first with gold nanoparticles, and then with a thin layer of PEDOT.

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