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Spire Receives US Patent for its Nano-Photovoltaic Devices

Spire has declared that it has received a patent titled ‘Nanophotovoltaic Devices’ from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

20 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Nano-Structured Glass Optical Devices

A research team at the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton has designed nano-structured glass optical devices, which find uses in optical manipulation and will considerably decrease medical imaging costs.

17 Aug 2011

TU Vienna Combine Diamond and Microwave to Advance Quantum Computing

Diamonds can now serve as a stepping stone for physicists to advance in quantum computer. Vienna University of Technology has coupled microwaves and diamond existing in quantum states.

12 Aug 2011

NIST Researchers Link Quantum Properties of Two Ions Using Microwaves

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have created a link between two separated ions’ quantum properties by manipulating the ions with microwaves rather than using laser beams.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 12 Aug 2011

Research Predicts Considerable Growth Rate for Global Photonic Crystals Market

companiesandmarkets.com has included a research report on photonic crystals market titled ‘Photonic Crystals: Materials, Technologies and Global Markets’ to its list of reports. According to the research r...

9 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Cold Electron Source to Enhance Speed and Quality of Nanoimaging

Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science (CXS) located at the University of Melbourne have developed a novel cold electron source that will increase the speed of nanoimaging for materials and drug development to a trillionth of a second as well as enhance its quality.

3 Aug 2011

Researchers Develop Novel Photovoltaic Device by Etching Nanoscale Patterns

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new photovoltaic energy-conversion system using a material whose surface is etched with billions of nanoscale pits that help the surface to emit light energy with wavelengths suitable for optimum electricity production by the system.

30 Jul 2011

Researcher at LMU Develops New Tools for Nanoscale Optical Spectroscopy

A professor of the Chemistry and Pharmacology department at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, Achim Hartschuh has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The value of the g...

22 Jul 2011

$Researchers Engineer Optical Nanostructures with Zero Refractive Index at Infrared Wavelength$

Researchers Engineer Optical Nanostructures with Zero Refractive Index at Infrared Wavelength

Columbia Engineering School researchers have developed optical nanostructures to manipulate the refraction index and to completely control dispersion of light.

12 Jul 2011

James Watt Nanofabrication Centre Adds an Oxford Instruments ICP Plasma Etch System to Its Arsenal

The James Watt Nanofabrication Centre in Glasgow, UK, has added a PlasmaPro® System100 ICP plasma etch system to its existing installed base of Oxford Instruments etch and deposition tools.

From Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 11 Jul 2011