A new study finds that nanomaterial-based batteries could help Italy store more renewable energy by improving energy density, charging speed, cycle life, and safety. However, high costs, weak coordination, regulatory delays, and low stakeholder awareness are slowing the shift from laboratory research to market deployment.
Vistec Electron Beam GmbH, a global leader in electron-beam (e-beam) lithography systems, will present its latest advancements in e-beam technology at the 41st European Mask and Lithography Conference (EMLC 2026), taking place June 22-24, 2026, at the Volkshaus in Jena, Germany.
"We didn't have modulators," Toni Taylor, a Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow and physicist, says matter-of-factly, recalling work she began nearly two decades ago at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) in Los Alamos. Modulators are the devices that allow scientists to control light-shaping its amplitude, phase, or frequency so it can carry information.
Researchers developed a hybrid UMAP-HDBSCAN-SVM machine learning workflow to rapidly classify low-loss STEM-EELS spectrum images and map nanoscale resonances in silicon/gold nanopillars. The approach distinguished plasmonic, hybrid, and dielectric signals across different datasets, supporting faster interpretation of complex nanophotonic materials.
Scientists review hybrid micro- and nanorobots that fuse magnetic steering with light-driven propulsion, enabling precise navigation through both tissue and water. These tiny machines promise targeted cancer therapy, biosensing, and pollutant destruction, all without onboard power or toxic fuel.
Researchers developed a roll-contact printing platform that assembles highly aligned zinc oxide nanowire arrays on flexible substrates, achieving record densities of 14 NWs/µm while reducing contamination via a combing effect. Flexible UV photodetectors made with printed nanowire layers reached responsivity up to 4000 A W?¹ and retained function after bending and twisting, although spatially predefined nanowire placement remains to be demonstrated.
Researchers developed printable 3D achromatic metalenses using grayscale electron beam lithography, dry etching, and nanoimprint lithography to control nanoscale height and shape. The metalenses focused red, green, and blue light at nearly the same plane and enabled proof-of-concept full-color OLED near-eye VR imaging with reduced chromatic blur.
Researchers created centimeter-scale, highly aligned films of single-enantiomer chiral carbon nanotubes that generate unusually strong second-harmonic signals from intrinsic structural chirality. The films achieved an effective susceptibility of 4.9 x 10² pm/V, corresponding to 1.6 x 10³ pm/V after correction, pointing to new possibilities for chip-scale nonlinear photonics.
Researchers demonstrated an on-chip method for optically pumping InP nanowire emitters using transfer-printed micro-LEDs, enabling localized excitation without external optics. The approach produced room-temperature small-signal modulation in the tens of MHz range, supporting future programmable high-density nanowire photonic circuits.
Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning systems, introduces the F-572 High-Performance 3- to 6-Axis Photonics Alignment System, designed for high-throughput active alignment applications in photonics manufacturing and test.
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