The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
2016 Printing for Fabrication Conference
2016 Printing for Fabrication Conference to address advancements in print-based Ffabrication, functional materials, and applications on September 12-16, 2016, at the University of Manchester.
Advanced Optical Materials – July Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Sticking electric vehicles
A broad range of adhesive tapes of tesa support for electric cars.
Thermally switchable bottle-neck pores for antimicrobial dyes release
A prototype theranostic device based on thermally triggered release of a fluorescent antibiotic from polymer coated porous silicon films is developed.
Flexible and stretchable devices special issue
The state-of-the-art of flexible and stretchable devices is highlighted in this special issue of Advanced Materials.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – July 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Anisotropic Conductive Films by Shear-Flow
Anisotropic conductive films can be produced by shear flow that induces the self-assembly of conductive fillers (like carbon nanotubes, graphene or inexpensive carbon black) into parallel stripes in a polymer matrix.
3D printing of complex micro-objectives
Researchers at University of Stuttgart created optical lenses which are hardly larger than a human hair.
A solution for low loss, three-dimensional structures at optical frequencies
Sheng Liu, Igal Brener, Mike Sinclair and other co-workers from Sandia National Laboratories demonstrated both two-dimensional and multilayer (3D) dielectric metamaterials made from III-V semiconductors (elements from groups III and V on the periodic table) using a monolithic fabrication process.