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Researchers Demonstrate First Physical Metatronic Circuit Using Nanotechnology

A research team led by Nader Engheta from the University of Pennsylvania is working on ways to use light in place of electricity. The team has developed the first physical illustration of ‘lumped’ optical circuit elements using nanotechnology.

27 Feb 2012

Researchers Develop Tunable Color Filter by Engineering Metal Nanoparticles

A research team comprising Kenneth Crozier and colleagues from the Harvard University has developed a novel tunable color filter, which utilizes optical nanoantennas for accurately controlling color output.

27 Feb 2012

Novel Nanoscale Material Compositions Help Optimize Infrared Photodetectors

A research team led by Yong-Hang Zhang from the Arizona State University is involved in the development of novel ways using nanoscale materials for optimizing infrared photodetector technology used in national security and defense systems.

From Arizona State University 16 Feb 2012

Oxford Instruments Announce Winner of Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce the 2012 winner of the Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize is Dr Kenneth Burch from the Department of Physics and Institute for Optical Sciences at the University of Toronto.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 14 Feb 2012

Researchers Use Quantum Electrodynamic Effects to Develop Nanolasers

A research team from the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) has developed the tiniest room-temperature nanolaser till date, and a highly efficient ‘thresholdless’ laser capable of funneling all of its photons into a coherent beam of light or lasing.

13 Feb 2012

Study Reveals Signal Carrying Mechanism in Gold Nanoparticles

A research team led by Stephan Link from Rice University has demonstrated that tiny channels of gold nanoparticles are capable of transmitting electromagnetic energy that begins as light and transmits through ‘dark plasmans.’

13 Feb 2012

Scientists Make Atomic Nuclei Transparent for the First Time

At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, a team of DESY scientists headed by Dr. Ralf Röhlsberger has succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light.

8 Feb 2012

Researchers Develop Novel Nanowire Welding Technique

A Stanford University research team has developed a novel technique based on the physics of plasmonics to weld nanowires using a simple light blast, paving the way to develop easy and large-area processing methods for electronic devices such as LEDs, thin-film solar cells and touch-screen displays.

8 Feb 2012

Novel Method for Measuring Graphene’s Electronic and Optical Behavior

A research team comprising Leonhard Prechtel and Leonhard Prechtel from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen’s Walter Schottky Institut has devised a method to improve the time resolution down to the picosecond range for measuring photocurrent in graphene, which in turn helped in detecting pulses in a few picoseconds.

3 Feb 2012

Point Defects in Graphene Act Like Atomic Antennae

A research team from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the Department of Energy has demonstrated that point defects in graphene are helpful in transferring atomic-scale data by integrating electrons with light, paving the way to develop quicker and compact electronic devices.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2 Feb 2012