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Researchers Advance Ability to Control and Harness Power of Light on the Nanoscale

When a duck paddles across a pond or a supersonic plane flies through the sky, it leaves a wake in its path. Wakes occur whenever something is traveling through a medium faster than the waves it creates -- in the duck's case water waves, in the plane's case shock waves, otherwise known as sonic booms.

7 Jul 2015

University of Southampton Professor Receives Young Medal for 2015 by the Institute of Physics

University of Southampton Professor Nikolay Zheludev has been awarded the Young Medal for 2015 by the Institute of Physics. The award recognises his global leadership and pioneering, seminal work in optical metamaterials and nanophotonics.

3 Jul 2015

Nanowire LEDs Provide Better Light, Consume Less Energy

The latest research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that LEDs made from nanowires will use less energy and provide better light.

26 Jun 2015

New Technique for Creating Nanostructured, Full-Color, Flexible, Thin-Film Reflective Display

Imagine a soldier who can change the color and pattern of his camouflage uniform from woodland green to desert tan at will. Or an office worker who could do the same with his necktie. Is someone at the wedding reception wearing the same dress as you? No problem - switch yours to a different color in the blink of an eye.

25 Jun 2015

Tailored Light Can Help Analyze Individual Nanostructures

By adapting a mode of the light field to a system under study, the interaction of light with matter can be optimized. In this context, the spatial distribution of the electric field of such a tailored mode plays an important role.

25 Jun 2015

MUAS Honors INRS Professor Ruediger with Prestigious Fellowship

Professor Andreas Peter Ruediger of the Energy Materials Telecommunication Research Centre at INRS has been made an honorary Fellow of the Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS).

22 Jun 2015

Aledia’s Series B Financing Testifies Interest in Cost-Disruptive Nanowire LED Technology

Aledia, a developer and manufacturer of next-generation 3D LEDs based on its Gallium-Nitride-on-Silicon platform, announced today the closing of its Series B financing round and the execution of development and supply contracts with major LED buyers.

19 Jun 2015

Nanoscale Structure of Hairs Help Saharan Silver Ants to Survive Scorching Heat

The tiny hairs of Saharan silver ants possess crucial adaptive features that allow the ants to regulate their body temperatures and survive the scorching hot conditions of their desert habitat.

19 Jun 2015

Atomic Resolution Secondary Electron Images Help Determine Atomic Arrangement on Surfaces

A multi-institutional team of scientists has taken an important step in understanding where atoms are located on the surfaces of rough materials, information that could be very useful in diverse commercial applications, such as developing green energy and understanding how materials rust.

18 Jun 2015

Researchers Realize Long-Standing Theoretical Prediction in Nonlinear Optical Metamaterials

A research team has realized one of the long-standing theoretical predictions in nonlinear optical metamaterials: creation of a nonlinear material that has opposite refractive indices at the fundamental and harmonic frequencies of light. Such a material, which doesn’t exist naturally, had been predicted for nearly a decade.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 17 Jun 2015

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Researchers Advance Ability to Control and Harness Power of Light on the Nanoscale

University of Southampton Professor Receives Young Medal for 2015 by the Institute of Physics

Nanowire LEDs Provide Better Light, Consume Less Energy

New Technique for Creating Nanostructured, Full-Color, Flexible, Thin-Film Reflective Display

Tailored Light Can Help Analyze Individual Nanostructures

MUAS Honors INRS Professor Ruediger with Prestigious Fellowship

Aledia’s Series B Financing Testifies Interest in Cost-Disruptive Nanowire LED Technology

Nanoscale Structure of Hairs Help Saharan Silver Ants to Survive Scorching Heat

Atomic Resolution Secondary Electron Images Help Determine Atomic Arrangement on Surfaces

Researchers Realize Long-Standing Theoretical Prediction in Nonlinear Optical Metamaterials

Enhanced Antibacterial Polylactic Acid-Curcumin Nanofibers for Wound Dressings

Gold Nanoparticles to Restore Vision in Retinal Disorders

Levidian and Zentek Seek to Establish Graphene-Integrated Filter Manufacturing Facility in the Middle East to Advance Cleaner, Safer Air

Scalable Method for Porous Graphene Membranes for CO2 Capture

Biochar-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Water Treatment

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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