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New Book Analyzes Nanostructured and Subwavelength Waveguides

Research and Markets has included John Wiley and Sons’ new book titled ‘Nanostructured and Subwavelength Waveguides. Fundamentals and Applications’ to its catalogue.

From Research and Markets 25 Jul 2012

Scientist Use Zinc Oxide Nanorods to Grow White LEDs on Paper Substrate

Gul Amin, in his doctoral thesis at Linköping University, demonstrated the process of growing white LEDs directly on paper. White LEDs made from a conducting polymer and zinc oxide (ZnO) can be produced directly on paper. Patent is pending for this method. Amin has received his Ph.D. at the Physical Electronics and Nanotechnology group, Campus Norrköping.

12 Jul 2012

Nanotech Security Completes First Large Scale Roll-to-Roll Production Test-Run

Nanotech Security has announced the conclusion of its first large scale test-run utilizing its optical security feature based on nanotechnology called NOtES.

11 Jul 2012

Nanostructures Designed After Moth Eyes Pave the Way for Medical Imaging Enhancement

An international team of researchers have borrowed from nature to develop a new class of nanoscale materials that could facilitate improvement in medical imaging.

5 Jul 2012

Gigaphoton Reports Record EUV Conversion Efficiency Results

Gigaphoton, a provider of lithography light sources, has declared its new extreme ultraviolet (EUV) conversion efficiency (CE) results.

5 Jul 2012

Researchers Develop First Silicon-Based Heralded Single Photon Source

In a development that is touted to be a breakthrough in quantum information processing, researchers at University of California in San Diego, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy, have demonstrated the first silicon-based heralded single photon source.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 30 Jun 2012

New Technique to Create Bright High-Energy Light for Next-Generation Microchip Production

The University of Washington (UW) researchers, who have been working on fusion energy for over a decade, have developed a bright high-energy light that can be utilized to make smaller microchips.

29 Jun 2012

New Laser Technique Helps Realize Quantum Computing

Scientists from the University of California Berkeley and The City College of New York have achieved a significant progress towards the realization of quantum computing by finding a method to produce rewritable computer chips utilizing a light beam.

28 Jun 2012

Researchers Fabricate Indefinite Metamaterials to Create Nano-Scale 3D Optical Cavities

A research team directed by scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California Berkeley has fabricated an ‘indefinite metamaterial’ by alternating ultrathin silver and germanium layers.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 28 Jun 2012

NIST Researchers Tune Graphene Drumheads to Form Quantum Dots

National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) researchers have discovered that when graphene is subjected to mechanical strain, forming it into a drumhead, the effect of magnetic fields are mimicked, creating a quantum dot, which is an exotic semiconductor type having a large number of potential applications in electronic devices. The June 22, 2012 issue of Science has published the results.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Jun 2012