Using ultrashort laser pulses an international team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has managed to manipulate the positions of atoms in hydrocarbon molecules ...
Optics & Photonics
May 13, 2016
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To convert solar energy into electricity or solar fuels, you need specialised systems of materials such as those consisting of organic and inorganic thin films. Processes at the junction of these films play a decisive role ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 13, 2016
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An international team of scientists have observed how a mysterious quantum phenomenon in organic molecules takes place in real time, which could aid in the development of highly efficient solar cells.
Condensed Matter
Oct 26, 2015
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A bimetallic nanoring that generates a short magnetic pulse when irradiated by a laser pulse has been theoretically studied by A*STAR researchers. It shows exciting potential for investigating magnetic switching and realizing ...
General Physics
Oct 21, 2015
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New research led by scientists from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University shows how individual atoms move in trillionths of a second to form wrinkles on a three-atom-thick ...
Nanophysics
Sep 10, 2015
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Physicists from the Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials at ITMO University have experimentally demonstrated the feasibility of designing an optical analog of a transistor based on a single silicon nanoparticle. ...
Nanophysics
Sep 9, 2015
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Yet it has the potential for numerous applications. In Physical Review Letters, scientists at Jülich together with their international partners present a new concept that uses short-pulse lasers to expand the capabilities ...
General Physics
Jun 23, 2015
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Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have discovered a new way to generate bright beams of coherent extreme UV radiation using a table-top setup that could be used to produce high resolution images of tiny structures ...
Nanophysics
May 25, 2015
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Much like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is able to scan the interior of the human body, the emerging technique of "picosecond ultrasonics," a type of acoustic imaging, can be used to make virtual slices of biological tissues ...
General Physics
Apr 21, 2015
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It is easy to measure electric current. But it is extremely hard to watch the individual electrons which make up this current. Electrons race through the metal with a speed of several million meters per second, and the distance ...
General Physics
Jan 14, 2015
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