Researchers develop inproved upconversion nanoparticles for medical imaging.
Cutting CFRP for future car generation
Volkswagen AG and partners are developing an innovative laser process for automated cutting of CFRP components for mass production.
Photonic materials – Cholesteric polymer films for lasing devices
Researchers at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz optimize optical perfomance of cholesteric films based on polymeric materials for lasing devices.
The patterning power of azopolymers in photonics
Researchers at Aalto University examine the versatility of surface patterns in azopolymers for applications in photonics.
More Information from Raman Scattering
Mapping of chemical contents and their spatial distribution in a complex biological environment such as cells can be achieved by a new imaging modality.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for August 2013
Recently popular articles from the physica status solidi family.
Focusing on biophotonics
Biophotonics – optical techniques for the study of biological molecules, cells and tissues – has evolved into one of the most important fields of photonics.
Prolonged optical emission in air-bridged carbon nanotubes
Ultraclean carbon nanotubes hold promise for advances in optical fiber communications, solar cells and LEDs.
Bistable liquid crystal pixels
In a proof-of-concept study, authors in Italy have demonstrated electric field-controlled switching between stable states in a porous material containing nematic liquid crystals.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for July 2013
We present the most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals from July.