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'Photonic doping' makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate

By carefully combining multiple structures, metamaterials can exhibit properties that don't naturally exist. Engineers now have a new, simpler way of making them, using a concept dubbed 'photonic doping'.

Mar 9th, 2017

The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere (w/video)

It turns out that after an appropriate teaching procedure even a relatively simple chemical system can perform non-trivial operations. In their most recent computer simulations researchers have shown that correctly programmed chemical matrices of oscillating droplets can recognize the shape of a sphere with great accuracy.

Mar 9th, 2017

New material helps record data with light

Researchers used metal-organic frameworks to generate quasiparticles - excitons, which were fully controllable and also helped to record information at room temperature.

Mar 9th, 2017

Guiding light: 3-D metasurfaces with optical possibilities

The new metamaterials can be fabricated in multiple layers to form complex, three-dimensional meta-atoms that reflect more light than shiny gold surfaces, usually considered the ultimate in infrared reflectivity.

Mar 9th, 2017

Physicists predict the existence of unusual optical composites

Physicists have predicted the existence of transparent composite media with unusual optical properties.

Mar 9th, 2017

Building the invisible masterpieces of a molecular machine

Two articles present new structures to be used as molecular components of these nanometric promising tools.

Mar 9th, 2017

Single atom memory: The world's smallest storage medium

Storing one bit in one atom is possible: The extraordinary end of Moore's law.

Mar 9th, 2017

Sub-second system seizures

Physicists study the unexpected consequences of sub-second delays on fast-moving data systems.

Mar 8th, 2017

Researchers propose technique for measuring weak or nonexistent magnetic fields

Method could help produce next-generation devices in computing and other fields.

Mar 8th, 2017

Nanomedicine researchers work on enhanced cellular uptake of nanoparticles

After conducting a series of experiments, researchers found that it may be possible to boost the efficacy of medicine entering target cells via size-separated lipophilic silicon nanoparticles.

Mar 8th, 2017

The secrets of vibration-enhanced conductivity in graphene

Physicists define a smart way of inducing large-amplitude vibrations in graphene models, which could open the door for novel electronic applications.

Mar 8th, 2017

Physicists design a device inspired by Dr. Who's sonic screwdriver

Physicists have designed a handheld device inspired by the sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who and the tricorder in Star Trek that will use the power of MRI and mass spectrometry to perform a chemical analysis of objects.

Mar 8th, 2017

Nanophotonics team creates low-voltage, multicolor, electrochromic glass

The latest nanophotonics research could expand the color palette for companies in the fast-growing market for glass windows that change color at the flick of an electric switch.

Mar 8th, 2017

Polymer-coated silicon nanosheets - an alternative to graphene

Nanocomposite material with exceptional optoelectronic properties.

Mar 8th, 2017

Phonon nanoengineering: Vibrations of nanoislands dissipate heat more effectively

Deposited on a substrate of silicon, some structures of europium silicide appear to vibrate in a way that clearly broadens the possibilities of designing nanomaterials with tailored thermal properties.

Mar 8th, 2017

Chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panels

New molecule harvests sunlight to create useable material from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Mar 8th, 2017

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