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Researchers Produce Easy-to-Handle Bio-Inspired Light Nanoantenna

Scientists from CNRS and Aix Marseille Université have successfully created a bio-inspired light called nanoantenna for the first time using two gold nanoparticles, short DNA strands and a tiny fluorescent molecule that is capable of capturing and emitting light.

From Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 30 Jul 2012

Scientists Develop Smallest Semiconductor Laser

A collaborative research between Physicists at University of Texas at Austin and researchers from China and Taiwan has yielded the world’s smallest semiconductor laser. This is touted as a significant progress in the emerging field of photonic technology with implications for applications ranging from medicine to communication to computing.

30 Jul 2012

Researchers Devise Method for Single-Photon Transmission

Quantum computing is expected to supersede conventional computers in terms of speed and ability to process complex computations. However, the development of quantum devices for real-world applications is a major challenge.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27 Jul 2012

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