'Metalens' could disrupt vacuum UV market
Rice University photonics researchers have created a potentially disruptive technology for the ultraviolet optics market.
Optics & Photonics
May 5, 2022
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News tagged with phase materials
Researchers design holographic lenses based on plasma
Holograms are three-dimensional (3D) images produced by interfering beams of light that reflect physical objects or photographs. In recent years, they were introduced in a variety of settings, for instance to enhance employee ...
Scientists engineer new material that can absorb and release enormous amounts of energy
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they had engineered a new rubber-like solid substance that has surprising qualities. ...
Materials Science
Feb 2, 2022
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Superelasticity of a photoactuating chiral crystal
Superelasticity is an elastic response to an applied external force that occurs via phase transformation. The resulting actuation of the materials is an elastic response to external stimuli, including light and heat. While ...
Mapping the electronic states in an exotic superconductor
Scientists characterized how the electronic states in a compound containing iron, tellurium, and selenium depend on local chemical concentrations. They discovered that superconductivity (conducting electricity without resistance), ...
Superconductivity
Apr 28, 2021
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Water and quantum magnets share critical physics
In physics, things exist in phases, such as solid, liquid and gas states. When something crosses from one phase to another, we talk about a phase transition—like water boiling into steam, turning from liquid to gas.
Condensed Matter
Apr 14, 2021
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Scientists discover three liquid phases in aerosol particles
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered three liquid phases in aerosol particles, changing our understanding of air pollutants in the Earth's atmosphere.
Condensed Matter
Apr 12, 2021
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Team discovers new way to control the phase of light using 2-D materials
Optical manipulation on the nano-scale, or nanophotonics, has become a critical research area, as researchers seek ways to meet the ever-increasing demand for information processing and communications. The ability to control ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 24, 2020
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Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure
Since their invention more than 60 years ago, diamond anvil cells have made it possible for scientists to recreate extreme phenomena—such as the crushing pressures deep inside the Earth's mantle—or to enable chemical ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2019
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Quantum material goes where none have gone before
Rice University physicist Qimiao Si began mapping quantum criticality more than a decade ago, and he's finally found a traveler that can traverse the final frontier.
Quantum Physics
Oct 1, 2019
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