Infrared encoding of images with metasurfaces
Researchers have recently demonstrated metamaterial resonators that allow emission in the infrared to be tuned through the geometry of the resonator.
Dec 24th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have recently demonstrated metamaterial resonators that allow emission in the infrared to be tuned through the geometry of the resonator.
Dec 24th, 2015
Read moreMagnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles could be used for airplanes, cars, mobile electronics and more.
Dec 24th, 2015
Read moreScientists offer a more generalized theoretical description of chemical potential (usually denoted by the Greek letter mu) for light and show how mu can be controlled and applied in a number of physics research areas.
Dec 23rd, 2015
Read moreScientists took a different approach to the PEC process, which uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The process requires special semiconductors, the PEC materials and catalysts to split the water.
Dec 23rd, 2015
Read moreHigh-performance prototype means chipmakers could now start building optoelectronic chips.
Dec 23rd, 2015
Read morePhysicists have researched the phenomenon of phase transition between photonic crystals and metamaterials - two types of periodic structures capable of manipulating light in intricate ways.
Dec 23rd, 2015
Read moreComputer simulations that predict the light-induced change in the physical and chemical properties of complex systems, molecules, nanostructures and solids usually ignore the quantum nature of light. Scientists have now shown how the effects of the photons can be properly included in such calculations.
Dec 23rd, 2015
Read moreResearchers have developed a novel way to noninvasively measure and map how and where trapped light vibrates within microscale optical resonators.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreEveryone expects objects at the atomic scale to follow the weird rules of quantum mechanics. But in the past few years, scientists have shown that comparatively large mechanical objects can be coaxed into exhibiting a surprising variety of quantum properties.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreScientists at NIST have made recipe development a more palatable job.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreA new tool useful for regenerative medicine and drug screening.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreWhile carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites have attracted enormous interest from the materials research community, a group of scientists now has evidence that a different nanotube - made from boron nitride - could offer even more strength per unit of weight.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreResearchers have developed the first type of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with special properties that enable it to precisely emit laser light, without the use of mirrors, while being stretched.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreMice tumor free and protected from metastases after treatment.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreSynchronize an unlimited number of spintronic oscillators.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreFrequency-agile laser frequency combs take real-time multicolour snapshots of absorbing samples.
Dec 22nd, 2015
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