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Tiny Nanocrystals Create ‘Brighter’ Future for TV Viewers, Study Finds

Curtin University researchers have discovered tiny ‘greener’ nanocrystals that can be manipulated to produce high-quality pictures and lighting in electronic devices such as televisions.

9 Jul 2019

Spontaneously Forming Semiconducting Nanotubes

Scientists at EPFL have found a method to make semiconducting, photoluminescent nanotubes form spontaneously in liquid solutions.

4 Jul 2019

Researchers Aim to Create Longwave Infrared Photonic Device Technology

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are collaborating with the Army Research Laboratory to create nanophotonic devices that could be used in thermal imaging and resonant filtering. Robert Magnusson, an electrical engineering professor and the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics, is the chief investigator for a $1.2 million joint agreement with the Army Research Laboratory.

24 Jun 2019

Miniature Light Box Paves Way to Novel Opportunities in the Nano Realm

Scientists at Chalmers have discovered a totally new method of capturing, amplifying, and linking light to matter at the nanoscale.

12 Jun 2019

Newly Developed Room-Temperature Polariton Nano-Laser Offers the Crucial Path of Related Research

DGIST researchers have demonstrated a room temperature polariton nano-laser, offering the vital path of related research such as polariton physics at the nanoscale and also applications in quantum information systems.

21 May 2019

Extremely Thin Superlattices Made Using Gold Nanoparticles for Nanophotonics

Prof. Dr. Matthias Karg’s group "Colloids and Nanooptics" at the Institute of Physical Chemistry has developed a simple yet precise method for producing extremely ordered particle layers.

21 May 2019

Physicists Found New Way to Optimize Nanoparticles and Light Interaction

Scientists first described the new features of dielectric nanoparticles’ optical response using improved method for electromagnetic field analysis that can take into account more complex configurations of bias currents inside the objects.

21 May 2019

Newly Created Smallest Ever Pixels Could be Used for New Types of Large-Scale Flexible Displays

The smallest pixels ever developed—a million times smaller compared to those in smartphones, developed by capturing particles of light under tiny rocks of gold—could be employed for new varieties of large-scale flexible displays, adequately big to capture the whole buildings.

13 May 2019

Understanding Electronic Transport Mechanism in Organic Films Using Marcus Hopping Model

Physicists at the Research Cluster Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) of the TU Dresden, in collaboration with scientists from Belgium, Spain, and Germany, could demonstrate the behavior of electrons upon being injected into organic semiconductor films.

10 May 2019

Newly Developed Nanowires Could Help in Achieving High-Speed Communication

Chinese researchers have developed new nanowires with rapid infrared light (IR) response and high carrier mobility, which could enable high-speed communication. Their discoveries were reported in Nature Communications on April 10th, 2019.

11 Apr 2019