Owing to the excellent dispersion ability, diffraction gratings are playing an important role in widespread fields ranging from spectrometers to chirped pulse amplifiers. However, decades of extensive study on various broadband ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 26, 2020
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A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Engineering has developed a novel lens for super-resolution imaging which breaks resolution limitations in microscopy and has potential applications ...
Engineering
Apr 5, 2017
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Understanding how shock waves affect structures is crucial for advancements in material science research, including safety protocols and novel surface modifications. Using X-ray diffraction probes, scientists at the Institute ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 21, 2019
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What is common between a technology for storing energy in a solar cell and that for water purification? They both rely on the use of porous materials, or more specifically, 'nanoporous' materials that can trap gas molecules ...
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2021
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Since the discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals just over 100 years ago, X-ray diffraction as a method of structure determination has dominated structural research in materials science and biology. However, many ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 9, 2016
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A new approach to studying solar panel absorber materials has been developed by researchers in France, Acta Cryst. (2014). B70, 390. The technique could accelerate the development of non-toxic and readily available alternatives ...
Materials Science
Apr 2, 2014
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The diffraction limit, also known as the Abbe diffraction limit in optics, poses a great challenge in many systems that involve wave dynamics, such as imaging, astronomy, and photolithography. For example, the best optical ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 5, 2021
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Extraterrestrial space rocks have provided a window to the early beginnings of our solar system.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2016
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As a well-known ultraviolet (UV)-vis-near-infrared (IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) material in the borate system, β-BaB2O4 (BBO) has a wide range of applications because of its outstanding NLO performance. Further analysis ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 31, 2023
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For the first time, scientists from ASU's School of Molecular Sciences in collaboration with colleagues from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City have captured snapshots of crystal structures of intermediates ...
Materials Science
Feb 11, 2019
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