The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors and sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Molecular machines honored in 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
New special issue in Small celebrates 10 years of research at SINANO
A new special issue in Small this month highlights 10 years of fundamental and applied research at SINANO.
Inorganic double helix
Scientists at TU Munich have discovered an inorganic substance whose elements are arranged in the form of a double helix.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – September 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Biosensing with Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites
So-called “biosensors” are sensors that detect or quantify biomolecules, such as glucose, proteins, or DNA.
High-efficiency THz nano-detectors
An international collaboration has built THz photon sensors that operate over the 0.3-0.65 THz range, at low temperatures, with excellent signal to noise ratio values.
Imitating the Functionality of Neurons
IBM scientists created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data
From aggregation-caused quenching luminogens to solid fluorescent materials
A brand new strategy for fabricating organic solid fluorescent materials containing aggregation-caused quenching luminogens.
Electrically conductive graphene fibers to replace metal?
Researchers produced chemically doped graphene fibers with excellent electrical conductivity via a chemical doping strategy.