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Researchers Successfully Map Behavior of Light in Complex Photonic Materials

Scientists from King's College London together with AMOLF and ICFO have successfully mapped the interaction of light with complex photonic materials by breaking the light resolution limit at the nanoscale. This was done by employing a new technique that integrates optical detection and electronic excitation.

21 Aug 2012

New Technique for Creating Sharp Color Images at Nanoscale

Scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have devised a ground-breaking technique that utilizes metal-laced nano-scale structures to create sharp, full-spectrum color images at 100,000 dpi, without using dyes or inks.

14 Aug 2012

New Metamaterial Channels Photons in Single Direction

A collaborative initiative between researchers from MIT, the University of Texas at Austin and Zhejiang University in China has yielded a new metamaterial that is capable of channeling photons in one direction.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 Aug 2012

Nano-FTIR Technique Facilitates Nanoscale Chemical Identification and Mapping of Materials

Scientists from NanoGUNE, Neaspec and the University of Munich have developed a novel instrument that can perform nanoscale mapping and chemical identification of materials.

30 Jul 2012

Researchers Produce Easy-to-Handle Bio-Inspired Light Nanoantenna

Scientists from CNRS and Aix Marseille Université have successfully created a bio-inspired light called nanoantenna for the first time using two gold nanoparticles, short DNA strands and a tiny fluorescent molecule that is capable of capturing and emitting light.

From Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 30 Jul 2012

Scientists Develop Smallest Semiconductor Laser

A collaborative research between Physicists at University of Texas at Austin and researchers from China and Taiwan has yielded the world’s smallest semiconductor laser. This is touted as a significant progress in the emerging field of photonic technology with implications for applications ranging from medicine to communication to computing.

30 Jul 2012

Researchers Devise Method for Single-Photon Transmission

Quantum computing is expected to supersede conventional computers in terms of speed and ability to process complex computations. However, the development of quantum devices for real-world applications is a major challenge.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 Jul 2012

New Book Analyzes Nanostructured and Subwavelength Waveguides

Research and Markets has included John Wiley and Sons’ new book titled ‘Nanostructured and Subwavelength Waveguides. Fundamentals and Applications’ to its catalogue.

From Research and Markets 25 Jul 2012

Scientist Use Zinc Oxide Nanorods to Grow White LEDs on Paper Substrate

Gul Amin, in his doctoral thesis at Linköping University, demonstrated the process of growing white LEDs directly on paper. White LEDs made from a conducting polymer and zinc oxide (ZnO) can be produced directly on paper. Patent is pending for this method. Amin has received his Ph.D. at the Physical Electronics and Nanotechnology group, Campus Norrköping.

12 Jul 2012

Nanotech Security Completes First Large Scale Roll-to-Roll Production Test-Run

Nanotech Security has announced the conclusion of its first large scale test-run utilizing its optical security feature based on nanotechnology called NOtES.

11 Jul 2012