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Use of Plasmon-Based Transducer Revolutionizes the Field of Nanoelectronics

Developments in the field of nanoelectronics, that is, the application of nanotechnology to electronic components, has been powered up by the ever-expanding requirement to reduce the size of electronic devices in an attempt to develop smaller, smarter, and faster gadgets such as memory storage devices, computers, medical diagnostic tools, and displays.

23 Oct 2017

Two-Dimensional Optical Platform Made from Four Components

A two-dimensional alloy with an optical bandgap capable of being tuned by the temperature used to grow it has been discovered by Rice University scientists.

21 Sep 2017

Metallic Nanostructures Could Triple the Efficiency of Solar-Based Hydrogen Fuel Generation

Hydrogen gas is a vital synthetic feedstock that is set to contribute considerably in renewable energy technology. While this is true, its capabilities are underplayed because most of this gas is presently being sourced from fossil fuels, for example natural gas.

29 Aug 2017

New Technique to Create Semiconducting Nanocrystals for LED Displays

LMU researchers have made it possible to tweak the color of light emitted by an LED by modifying the size of their semiconductor crystals. They recently discovered a clever and cost-effective way of accomplishing this, which lends itself to mass-scale production.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers Realize Direct Writing of Silver Nanostructures Using an Electron Beam

An international team, for the very first time, realized direct writing of silver nanostructures by using an electron beam applied to a substrate. Silver nanostructures are capable of concentrating visible light at the nanoscale.

25 Jul 2017

$Physicists Look for Materials with High Refractive Index for Developing Nanoantennas$

Physicists Look for Materials with High Refractive Index for Developing Nanoantennas

Physicists from MIPT and ITMO University have performed a comparative analysis of a wide array of materials to ascertain whether they can be used for dielectric nanophotonics.

24 Jul 2017

Metal Nanoparticles Could Boost Efficiency of LEDs and Creation of Invisibility Cloaks

A team of Researchers from the University of Michigan have come up with a new method that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors. This progress could increase the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 % and even facilitate the creation of invisibility cloaking devices.

20 Jul 2017

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Particles that Ordinary Light Sources can Set Spinning

Science fiction deals with a number of fanciful devices that permit light to interact in a forceful manner with matter, from photon-drive rockets to light sabers. In the past few years, science has indeed begun to catch up; a few results hint at attractive real-world interactions between light and matter at atomic scales, and devices such as vortex beams, tweezers, and optical tractor beams have been developed by researchers.

3 Jul 2017

Novel Nanostructures Developed to Distinguish Between Tiny Differences in Wavelengths of Light

A team of Engineers from Caltech have for the first time created a light detector that integrates two disparate technologies—nanophotonics, which regulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences straightaway into electron voltage—to differentiate different wavelengths of light, including both infrared and visible wavelengths, at high resolution.

29 Jun 2017

Titanate Nanotubes Integrated with Cuprous Oxide Exhibit Better Photocatalytic Activities

What is the reason behind constructing nanocomposite for the photocatalytic oxidation desulfurization?

21 Jun 2017

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Use of Plasmon-Based Transducer Revolutionizes the Field of Nanoelectronics

Two-Dimensional Optical Platform Made from Four Components

Metallic Nanostructures Could Triple the Efficiency of Solar-Based Hydrogen Fuel Generation

New Technique to Create Semiconducting Nanocrystals for LED Displays

Researchers Realize Direct Writing of Silver Nanostructures Using an Electron Beam

Physicists Look for Materials with High Refractive Index for Developing Nanoantennas

Metal Nanoparticles Could Boost Efficiency of LEDs and Creation of Invisibility Cloaks

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Particles that Ordinary Light Sources can Set Spinning

Novel Nanostructures Developed to Distinguish Between Tiny Differences in Wavelengths of Light

Titanate Nanotubes Integrated with Cuprous Oxide Exhibit Better Photocatalytic Activities

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Novel Method for Producing Superior Carbon Nanofibers via Additive Nanostructuring

Optimizing Methylene Blue Removal with Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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