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Engineers create nanoscale nonlinear light source

Light intensified by plasmonics yields a nanoscale nonlinear optical device that can be controlled electronically.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Ceramics researchers shed light on metal embrittlement

Collaboration uses Lehigh's advanced electron microscopes to pinpoint phase transition.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Research highlights advances in nano-optics - nanoplasmonics and metamaterials

Light-matter interaction at the nanometer scale has turned into a very fast-growing field of research known as nano-optics. To highlight breakthroughs in the specific areas of nano-optics known as nanoplasmonics and metamaterials, the editors of the Optical Society's open-access journal Optical Materials Express have published a special Focus Issue on Nanoplasmonics and Metamaterials.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state

Scientists have observed individual phase slips in aluminum nanowires and characterized the nature and temperature at which they occur. This information could help scientists remove phase slips from nano-scale systems, which could lead to more reliable nanowires and more efficient nanoelectronics.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Tools of the trade: Diamonds are forever... for focusing intense x-rays

Diamonds can add more than sparkle and style to X-ray experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source. They are giving scientists a way to focus the LCLS's powerful X-rays to a much tinier, brighter point without destroying the very device that does the focusing, according to a report from the Swiss team that created the new diamond-based technology.

September 22, 2011 Read more

The next generation of switchable glass: the micro-blinds

The National Research Council, Canada is developing an innovative technology for smart glass with possible applications in sectors such as building, aircraft, automotive and displays. The micro-blinds are actuated by electrostatic forces; they allow the dynamic control of light transmission at remarkable speed and could lead to major energy savings in buildings. The idea is based on a cost-efficient manufacturing scheme.

September 22, 2011 Read more

NANOTEC researchers demonstrate nanotechnology air filter technology at Investor Day

Researchers from Thailand's NANOTEC pitched the "i-Guard Air Filter Sheets" technology to potential investors during the NSTDA Investor Day 2011 this morning to drum up interest from potential investors and entrepreneurs.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Gothenburg Lise Meitner Prize 2010/2011 goes to Stefan Hell

On Friday, September 16, 2011, Stefan W. Hell, head of the Department of NanoBiophotonics at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, received the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Prize "for his groundbreaking development of light microscopy and its applications in biological settings".

September 22, 2011 Read more

Nanotechnology key to sustainability for Scopus award winner

The University of Queensland's Associate Professor Lianzhou Wang has won a Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award for his work on new nanomaterials for efficient solar energy conversion technology.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Computer suchen ihre Nachfolger - Human Brain Project geht neue Wege

Fuehrende europaeische Wissenschaftler bereiten derzeit das Human Brain Project vor, welches die Erforschung der Funktionsprinzipen des Gehirns eng mit moeglichen Anwendungen in der Informationswissenschaft verbinden soll.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Kleinste Strukturen - Fraunhofer-Lithographie-Workshop

Zum neunten Mal folgten Lithographie-Experten aus aller Welt der Einladung des Fraunhofer IISB zum "Fraunhofer IISB Lithography Simulation Workshop". Das Fachtreffen mit dem Schwerpunkt Modellierung adressiert ein internationales Publikum aus Industrie und Forschung und legt Wert auf einen deutlichen Praxisbezug der behandelten Fragestellungen.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Like fish on waves: electrons go surfing

Researchers were able to define two little quantum dots (QDs), occupied with electrons, in a semiconductor and to select a single electron from one of them using a sound wave, and then to transport it to the neighbouring QD. A single electron "surfs" thus from one quantum dot to the next like a fish on a wave. Such manipulation of a single electron will in the future also enable the combination of considerably more complex quantum bits instead of classical bits.

September 22, 2011 Read more

New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage

A study published by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (ASI) has shed first-ever light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology.

September 22, 2011 Read more

Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons

Scientists at Cambridge University have shown an amazing degree of control over the most fundamental aspect of an electronic circuit, how electrons move from one place to another.

September 21, 2011 Read more

How phase segregation affects efficiency in organic photovoltaics

Recent theoretical work conducted at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology explains the surprisingly small effect of macroscale phase segregation on the overall efficiency of blended organic photovoltaic materials by showing that electrons can effectively burrow through a skin layer to get to the device's cathode.

September 21, 2011 Read more

Slippery slope: biocoating researchers take advice from carnivorous plant

Bio-inspired coating resists liquids and could lead to a broad range of advances in fuel transport, anti-bacterial surfaces, and more.

September 21, 2011 Read more