US-based researchers have studied the electric-field directed assembly of geometrically anisotropic particles.
Advanced Materials
Near-Field Enhancements along Ring-Shaped Nanostructures
The near-field enhancement on the surface of ring-shaped gold nanostructure becomes homogeneous through circularly polarized light.
Photocatalysis as an energy source: Zn-Ga-O nanocubes improve conversion rate
Chinese researchers have developed a new nanomaterial to improve the chemical conversion rate in photocatalytic energy systems.
Plasmon Bands in Gold-Silver Nanorods
Researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong have shown that there are four plasmon bands in (Au core)−(Ag shell) nanorods.
Battery or Bracelet? Cable-Type Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
An exceptionally flexible prototype cable-type battery can be used in a variety of shapes towards portable, wearable, and flexible electronics.
A new polymer for medical siRNAs
Researchers have developed PP75, a biodegradable, lipid membrane polymer to improve the clinical potential of small interfering RNAs.
New reagent for multiphoton lithography greatly extends available shapes
A new MPL reagent, which its creators dub “protogel”, is allowing researchers to create exciting new 3D microstructures.
Large-Area Low-Cost Gold Nanostructures through Colloidal Nanolithography
Double split-ring resonators with optimized Fano resonances for refractive index sensing could be realised by hole-mask colloidal nanolithography.
Tunable Organic Distributed Feedback Lasers
The emission of polymer distributed feedback lasers can be tuned by integrating nonlinear optical organic molecules.
Broadband Plasmonic Response of Semiconductor Disks
The plasmonic behavior of touching semiconductor disks shows a highly efficient broadband response in the terahertz regime as predicted by theoretical studies.
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