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EV Group Dedicates NILPhotonics Competence Center for Nanoimprint Lithography Solutions

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that it has established the NILPhotonics™ Competence Center, which is designed to assist customers in leveraging EVG's suite of nanoimprint lithography (NIL) solutions to enable new and enhanced products and applications in the field of photonics.

2 Dec 2014

New Bench-Top NMR Spectrometer with Multi-Nuclear Capability from Nanalysis

Nanalysis is very excited to announce their newest bench-top NMR spectrometer, the NMReady 60 Pro. With its multi-nuclear capability and increased sensitivity, the NMReady 60 Pro raises the bar for NMR performance on the bench-top. The new product boasts support for proton, fluorine, phosphorus, boron, lithium, and carbon nuclei, a sub 1 Hz resolution, hetero-nuclear 2D experiments, and a sensitivity of 100:1 (single scan, 1% EtB).

26 Nov 2014

Confined Surface Phonon Polaritons Within Hexagonal Boron Nitride Exhibit Unique Metamaterial Properties

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Manchester, U.K.; Imperial College, London; University of California San Diego; and the National Institute of Material Science (NIMS), Japan, have demonstrated that confined surface phonon polaritons within hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit unique metamaterial properties that enable novel nanoscale optical devices for use in optical communications, super-resolution imaging and improved infrared cameras and detectors.

24 Nov 2014

Opportunity for New Photonics Entrepreneurs to Enter SPIE Startup Challenge 2015

New photonics entrepreneurs have through 1 December to enter the SPIE Startup Challenge 2015, an opportunity to pitch their light-based technology products to a team of business development experts and venture capitalists.

21 Nov 2014

Scientists Make High-Resolution X-ray Laser Images of Intact Cellular Structure

Scientists have made high-resolution X-ray laser images of an intact cellular structure much faster and more efficiently than ever possible before. The results are an important step toward atomic-scale imaging of intact biological particles, including viruses and bacteria.

18 Nov 2014

Southampton Researchers Develop New Technique to Produce More Reliable, Robust Next Generation Photonic Chips

Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to help produce more reliable and robust next generation photonic chips.

18 Nov 2014

Scientists Develop Nanolamp with Integrated Transistor Control and Lightning-Fast Switch

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and the Max Planck EPFL Center have collaborated to develop a nanolamp with integrated transistor control. The nanolamp is a light source that uses a single molecule to convert an electrical voltage pulse into a pulse of light.

18 Nov 2014

New Macromolecular Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography at SLAC to Solve 3-D Structures of Proteins

A planned experimental station at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will expand capabilities for atomic-scale explorations in human health, biology, energy and environmental science using one of the brightest X-ray sources on the planet.

17 Nov 2014

Researchers Develop Optical Oscilloscope with Unprecedented Resolution

An optical oscilloscope with 20 times the resolution of conventional electronics has been developed by the ARC Centre for ultrahigh bandwidth devices for optical systems (CUDOS) at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University.

14 Nov 2014

Researchers Create Light-Sensitive Film Using Semiconductor Nanorods and Carbon Nanotubes

The loss of eyesight, often caused by retinal degeneration, is a life-altering health issue for many people, especially as they age. But a new development toward a prosthetic retina could help counter conditions that result from problems with this crucial part of the eye. Scientists published their research on a new device, which they tested on tissue from laboratory animals, in the ACS journal Nano Letters.

From American Chemical Society 13 Nov 2014

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

EV Group Dedicates NILPhotonics Competence Center for Nanoimprint Lithography Solutions

New Bench-Top NMR Spectrometer with Multi-Nuclear Capability from Nanalysis

Confined Surface Phonon Polaritons Within Hexagonal Boron Nitride Exhibit Unique Metamaterial Properties

Opportunity for New Photonics Entrepreneurs to Enter SPIE Startup Challenge 2015

Scientists Make High-Resolution X-ray Laser Images of Intact Cellular Structure

Southampton Researchers Develop New Technique to Produce More Reliable, Robust Next Generation Photonic Chips

Scientists Develop Nanolamp with Integrated Transistor Control and Lightning-Fast Switch

New Macromolecular Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography at SLAC to Solve 3-D Structures of Proteins

Researchers Develop Optical Oscilloscope with Unprecedented Resolution

Researchers Create Light-Sensitive Film Using Semiconductor Nanorods and Carbon Nanotubes

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