Energy loss due to scattering from material defects is known to set limits on the performance of nearly all technologies that we employ for communications, timing, and navigation. In micro-mechanical gyroscopes and accelerometers, ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 7, 2017
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When it was discovered over a century ago, black phosphorus was considered relatively useless. Over the past five years, however, the engineers and chemists have become intrigued by the material for its potential as an ultra-thin ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 5, 2017
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A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one day revolutionize the global transmission of data, according to an interdisciplinary team of researchers.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 12, 2017
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Rice University researchers have modeled a nanoscale sandwich, the first in what they hope will become a molecular deli for materials scientists.
Nanophysics
Feb 27, 2017
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Cracks in a material typically compromise its strength and integrity, so research focus has traditionally been on preventing their occurrence and spread. An A*STAR team has now taken a different approach, prompting and directing ...
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2017
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Imaging very small materials takes not only great skill on the part of the microscopist, but also great instruments and techniques. For a refined microscopic look at biological materials, the challenges include getting an ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 27, 2017
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Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have developed an innovative optical sensor using conventional tape, a low-cost and flexible material that can be easily acquired at stationery shops. It can detect ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 12, 2016
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Physicists at the University of Bath have developed a technique to more reliably produce single photons that can be imprinted with quantum information.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 24, 2016
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"Mood ring materials" could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation's failing infrastructure.
Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2016
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A team led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, has discovered a new phase-transition optical material and demonstrated novel devices that dynamically control light over a much broader ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 30, 2016
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