Tuneable micro-structured surfaces could overcome the limitations of current unchangeable components that result in “static” optical devices.
Optics
Composite materials illuminated with machine learning
Researchers take a different approach to machine learning to uncover the physics of optics in composite materials.
Researchers use laser paintbrush to create miniature masterpieces
The new technique creates color on metal that can be changed, erased, and rewritten.
Bottlebrush polymers create a rainbow of structural colors
Researchers create a new and elegant way of producing nanostructured microparticles, yielding a vibrant palette of colors from a single polymer brush.
Flickering shadows of the fine skeleton of a cell
A new method with unprecedented resolution allows researchers to visualize dynamic and elusive mechanisms that underpin essential biological processes, such as cell division.
The high-throughput highway to computational optoelectronic semiconductor screening
High-throughput computational materials screening is turning out to be an efficient highway to optoelectronic semiconductor design.
Artificial eye with 3D retina developed for the first time
Scientists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology make artificial eye far better than anything current.
Researchers record world’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip
As the way in which we work, socialize, and live becomes ever-more digital, enabling faster internet speeds and bandwidth capacity while using existing infrastructures promises a new dawn of the digital age.
Color-changing liquid-crystal films for advanced optical devices
Researchers develop an easily scalable approach for fabricating cholesteric liquid-crystal elastomer films.
Gentle laser processing of perovskites at the nanoscale
Scientists have developed a method for precise, fast, and high-quality laser processing of halide perovskites, promising light-emitting materials for solar energy, optical electronics, and metamaterials.
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