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New Discovery Paves Way to Integrate Plasmonic Nanostructures into Conventional Electronic Circuits

EPFL scientists have discovered how optical signal transmission can be controlled, paving the way for the integration of plasmonics with conventional electronic circuits.

20 Jun 2013

Breakthrough Technique Enables 3D Optical Beam Lithography at Nine Nanometers

A research team at Swinburne University of Technology has overcome a fundamental law of optical science that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient optical computing.

20 Jun 2013

Nanotechnology Helps Watch Cancers Spreading in Living Tissue

UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny ‘biosensors’ along with new advanced imaging techniques.

12 Jun 2013

Nanotech Security’s Optical Nanotechnology Receives Pre-Commercial Technology Award

Nanotech Security Corp. (the “Company”), developer of next-generation security and authentication features using patented nano-optics, is pleased to announce that it has received a Technology Impact Award (TIA) for Most Promising Pre-Commercial Technology at the annual British Columbia Technology Industry Association awards ceremony.

12 Jun 2013

Antenna-in-Box Platform for Nanoscale Biochemical Assays with Single Molecule Sensitivity

One of the ultimate goals of molecular biology is to watch how single molecules work at physiological conditions.

11 Jun 2013

CLEO: 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics to Take Place June 9 – 14 in San Jose

CLEO: 2013, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics—from fundamental laser science to photonic applications and products. CLEO: 2013 builds on the long-established CLEO/QELS conference and its world-renowned peer-reviewed program. CLEO: 2013 offers high-quality content in five core event elements featuring breakthrough research and applied innovations in ultrafast lasers, energy-efficient optics, quantum electronics, biophotonics and more.

4 Jun 2013

$ORNL Researchers Study Miniscule Crystals for LEDs Using X-Ray Diffraction Analysis$

ORNL Researchers Study Miniscule Crystals for LEDs Using X-Ray Diffraction Analysis

Minuscule crystals that glow different colors may be the missing ingredient for white LED lighting that illuminates homes and offices as effectively as natural sunlight.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 May 2013

NIST Researchers Create UV Metamaterial Lens from Alternating Silver Nanolayers and Titanium Dioxide

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 24 May 2013

Mentor Graphics Collaborates with Lumerical Solutions and OpSIS to Develop PDK for Silicon Photonics Process

Mentor Graphics Corp., a leader in electronic design automation, today announced it has teamed with OpSIS and Lumerical Solutions to develop a complete EDA-style, full flow process design kit (PDK) for the OpSIS IME (Institute of Microelectronics) silicon photonics process.

24 May 2013

Robust New Method for Arranging Metal Nanoparticles in Geometric Patterns for Optical Processing

Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into output of a different color. The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and engineers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

22 May 2013

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

New Discovery Paves Way to Integrate Plasmonic Nanostructures into Conventional Electronic Circuits

Breakthrough Technique Enables 3D Optical Beam Lithography at Nine Nanometers

Nanotechnology Helps Watch Cancers Spreading in Living Tissue

Nanotech Security’s Optical Nanotechnology Receives Pre-Commercial Technology Award

Antenna-in-Box Platform for Nanoscale Biochemical Assays with Single Molecule Sensitivity

CLEO: 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics to Take Place June 9 – 14 in San Jose

ORNL Researchers Study Miniscule Crystals for LEDs Using X-Ray Diffraction Analysis

NIST Researchers Create UV Metamaterial Lens from Alternating Silver Nanolayers and Titanium Dioxide

Mentor Graphics Collaborates with Lumerical Solutions and OpSIS to Develop PDK for Silicon Photonics Process

Robust New Method for Arranging Metal Nanoparticles in Geometric Patterns for Optical Processing

Mapping Nanomaterial Atomic Structure Without Beam Damage

Laser-Induced Graphene for Printable and Biomedical Applications

Enhanced Antibacterial Polylactic Acid-Curcumin Nanofibers for Wound Dressings

Sustainable Hydrogen and Chemical Synthesis via Novel Electrocatalyst

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

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