Researchers at MIPT have conducted highly precise measurements of the optical constants of ultrathin gold films with thicknesses ranging from 20 to 200 billionths of a meter in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum. ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 17, 2017
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An electron carries electrical charge and spin that gives rise to a magnetic moment and can therefore interact with external magnetic fields. Conventional electronics are based on the charge of the electron. The emerging ...
General Physics
Jun 8, 2017
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Graphene, the two-dimensional, ultra lightweight and super-strong carbon film, has been hailed as a wonder material since its discovery in 2004. Now researchers are going beyond graphene and preparing other 2-D films with ...
Materials Science
May 31, 2017
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Fujitsu Limited and Daido University Professor Yasuhiro Maeda have jointly developed new simulation technology that can accurately replicate splash and wave behavior in the surface of molten metals when they are being poured. ...
Materials Science
May 25, 2017
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In electronics, the race for smaller is huge. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are working to harness the power of nanowires, microscopic wires that have the potential to improve solar cells or revolutionize fiber ...
Nanophysics
Mar 16, 2017
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Light and electricity dance a complicated tango in devices like LEDs, solar cells and sensors. A new anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with ...
Nanophysics
Dec 9, 2015
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Washington State University researchers have discovered how to stretch metal films used in flexible electronics to twice their size without breaking.
Condensed Matter
Sep 8, 2015
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Perth motorists could save on the cost of running their car thanks to an Edith Cowan University invention.
Engineering
Jul 13, 2015
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For centuries, artists mixed silver and gold powder with glass to fabricate colorful windows to decorate buildings. The results were impressive, but they didn't have a scientific reason for how these ingredients together ...
Nanophysics
Jun 22, 2015
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Yoshihiro Iwasa and colleagues from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, the University of Tokyo and Hiroshima University have discovered that ultrathin films of a semiconducting material have properties that form ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 26, 2014
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