Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

RSS

New Strategy to Overcome Major Obstacles to a Grand Challenge in Physics

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics.

9 Apr 2009

Nano-Camo for Fashionistas and Environmentalists

Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change color like fish do.

8 Apr 2009

New Trap Junction Solves Key Engineering Issue for Future Possible Ion-Trap Quantum Computers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool.

7 Apr 2009

Invest in Photonics to Be Held for the Second Time in 2010

Invest in Photonics, the photonics partnering event held in Bordeaux in December 2008, attracted over 100 of the world's leading photonics specialists and presented 16 projects representing a total potential investme...

7 Apr 2009

Scientists Invent New Method for Manipulating Atomic Gases

In many not yet fully understood branches of physics, scientists hope to make progress with quantum computers. The special properties of the quantum particles that serve for storage and encoding of information here are e...

7 Apr 2009

AIXTRON Receives Order for CCS MOCVD System from Dalian University of Technology

AIXTRON AG today announced that Dalian R&D Center of Optoelectronic Technology at Dalian University of Technology (DUT), based in Dalian City in P.R. China, has ordered one Close-Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD system.

From AIXTRON SE 7 Apr 2009

Report Examines Research Activities in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the report on the leaders' scientific and technological positions in eight key domains of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This bibliometric report examines scien...

From Research and Markets 6 Apr 2009

Lambda Photometrics Appointed UK + Ireland Distributor for Phenom SEM

We are pleased to annouce that Lambda Photometrics Ltd has been appointed as UK + Ireland distributor for the Phenom Desktop Scanning Electron Microscope SEM from FEI Company.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom-World BV 6 Apr 2009

Nanobiotix's nanoPDT Selectively Target Tumor Tissues

Nanobiotix, an emerging nanomedicine company, announced today that an independent preclinical study has validated the applicability of using its nanoparticles-nanoPDT-to treat glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most pre...

From Nanobiotix 6 Apr 2009

Nanoplasmonic Solar Cells Twice as Efficient as Current Solar Cells

Swinburne University of Technology has teamed up with Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, to create the next generation of solar cells. The Aus...

6 Apr 2009