Ultrafast physics and nanoscale research are two emerging scientific fields that mate very well.
Prism Awards honor innovations in ‘ubiquitous’ photonics technology
The 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation were announced at this year’s SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.
A new look at high-temperature superconductors
Method allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.
Advanced Optical Materials publishes Issue 2
The second issue of Advanced Optical Materials is now online, including twelve research articles covering all aspects of light-matter interactions.
Deposition of thin films by MAPLE
The use of MAPLE for the deposition of macromolecular thin films has been investigated by Princeton researchers.
Combining boron nitride and graphene for new 2D materials
Researchers create fine patterns that combine single-atom-thick graphene and boron nitride.
Cambridge scientists create 3D microchip
New kind of chip not only moves information from left to right and back to front, but up and down as well.
Cooling semiconductors using only light
Nanyang researchers take group II-VI semiconductor cadmium sulfide from 20 to -20 degrees C in major breakthrough.
Semiconductor engineer wins Japan Award for photoresist development
C. Grant Willson shares 50 million yen prize with Jean M.J. Fréchet for work done at IBM in the 1980’s.
Wear understood at the atomic level
Penn State researchers demonstrate the mechanism of atom-by-atom transfer between surfaces.