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Nearly Dissipationless Current Achieved Through Light-Induced Switch AMES, Iowa, Jan. 21, 2021 — Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, along with collaborators from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, have found a light-induced switch that twists the crystal lattice of the material and switches on an electron current that appears to be nearly dissipationless. The discovery was made in a class of topological materials that researchers believe holds great promise for spintronics, topological effect transistors, and
MEMS Resonator Based on Gallium Nitride Maintains Stability at High Temperature KAWAGUCHI, Japan, Jan. 19, 2021 — A MEMS resonator that achieves operational stability under high temperatures by regulating the strain of imparted heat from gallium nitride has demonstrated qualities that show its promise as a highly sensitive oscillator device in the pursuit of...
Salvo Technologies Acquires Arrow Thin Films Inc. SEMINOLE, Fla., Jan. 12, 2021 — Technology-based holding company Salvo Technologies announced its acquisition of Arrow Thin Films, a manufacturer of high laser-damage threshold coatings, laser crystals, and optics used in laser systems. Former Arrow Thin Films President Jon...
Titania Film Production Method Supports Industrial Manufacture Process, Efficiency TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2021 — Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have achieved high-throughput production of thin, ordered, titania through-hole membranes. The method relies on anodization — a process that increases the thickness of a natural oxide layer on the...
Material System Uses Graphene, Gold to Generate Terahertz Waves DRESDEN, Germany, Dec. 29, 2020 — A German-Spanish research team has developed a graphene-based approach for increasing the efficiency with which the scientists were able generate terahertz pulses. In the system, the researchers coated a graphene sheet with a metallic lamellar...
Manufacturing Fiber Optic Glass Under Pressure STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec. 28, 2020 — Silica glass for fiber optics applications may perform better when manufactured under high pressure, according to research from Penn State and AGC Inc. in Japan. Researchers demonstrated that doing so reduced signal loss in the material. John C....
Materials Company Trinseo Acquiring Arkema’s PMMA Business BERWYN, Pa., Dec. 16, 2020 — Trinseo, a manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber, entered into a binding agreement with Arkema SA, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals, including those for coatings solutions, to acquire Arkema’s polymethyl...
Physics Helps Realize Efficient Electro-Optical Materials WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16, 2020 — A physics advance introduced by Purdue University researchers paves the way toward the creation of more efficient metamaterials. By using semiconductors and by amplifying electron activity, the researchers achieved a 60% improvement in operational...
3D-Printed Lens Design Improves Data Transfer Possibilities CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 15, 2020 — A team of researchers from the University of Illinois has developed a spherical lens capable of allowing incoming light — from any direction — to be focused on the lens’s surface opposite the input direction into a very small spot....
Light-Activated Robot Walks, Rolls, Transports Cargo EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 15, 2020 — Researchers from Northwestern University developed a light-powered, life-like material that acts as a soft robot. It is capable of walking at human speed, picking up and transporting cargo to new locations, climbing hills, and even “break...
Synthetization Process Yields Green Light-Emitting Idolizines MOSCOW, Dec. 11, 2020 — Chemists from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have introduced a new approach for synthesizing indolizines, a group of organic substances with biological and optical properties. The method, which uses pyridinium...
3D Multiphoton Lithography May Enable Better Photonic Circuits SINGAPORE, Dec. 2, 2020 — Using 3D multiphoton lithography, a method of 3D printing, researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) demonstrated high-resolution 3D photonic structures capable of guiding light in a spiral and in an air-bridge...
Microdiamant Acquires Eminess Technologies, Companies to Rebrand as Pureon LENGWIL, Switzerland, Dec. 1, 2020 — Microdiamant, a Swiss developer of diamond-based solutions and precision surface finishing, has acquired Eminess Technologies, a manufacturer of surface polishing technology. The new company will operate under the name Pureon. The acquisition...
3D Printing Offers Versatility in Optical Design LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) used multimaterial 3D printing to develop tailored gradient refractive index glass optics, delivering a result that could enable the manufacture of improved military specialized eyewear...
Ultrafast Manufacturing of Perovskite Solar Modules STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 27, 2020 — An ulftrafast method for manufacturing and assembling stable perovskite solar modules has been developed at Stanford University. The technique, according to study author Reinhold Dauskardt, resolves some of the most formidable barriers to...
Extra Level Helps Convert Light Energy into Surface Waves on Graphene with Increased Efficiency MOSCOW, Nov. 17, 2020 — Collaborating physicists from two Russian universities have successfully converted light energy into surface waves on graphene at nearly 90% efficiency. A so-called laser-like energy conversion process with collective resonances, and semiconductor...
Air-Sensing Technology Combats Dangerous Chemical Exposure PAMPLONA, Spain, Nov. 16, 2020 — University of Navarra scientists in Spain and partners from European photonics innovation hub ACTPHAST 4R are collaborating to develop technology capable of detecting lethal and highly explosive chemicals in industrial settings. The team is working...
From Contradictory Polymers, Scientists Develop Nanocoatings with Optimal Properties for Optics KIEL, Germany, Nov. 11, 2020 — Materials scientists at Kiel University in Germany have synthesized nanoscale gradient copolymers, which possess distinct contradictory properties, to create material coatings that could be used to coat aircraft and glass fronts. In such...
Edmund Optics Acquires Quality Thin Films BARRINGTON, N.J., Nov. 10, 2020 — Edmund Optics announced its acquisition of coatings specialist Quality Thin Films Inc. Quality Thin Films is located outside Tampa, Fla. As part of the acquisition, Karl George Sr., president and CEO of Quality Thin Films, will retire. Karl George...
Improving Microscope Resolution with Plasmonic Metasurfaces FUKUOKA, Japan, Nov. 9, 2020 — While imaging cells using real-time fluorescence microscopy methods, professor Kaoru Tamada of Kyushu University’s Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and her group found that they could improve resolution under a conventional...
Moth Eyes Inspire Antireflective Coating TOKYO, Nov. 6, 2020 — Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed an antireflective coating inspired by the biostructures in moth eyes. Previous attempts at re-creating the antireflective structure, developed through years of evolution, yielded varying...
Large-Area Organic Photodiodes Offer Cost-effective Alternative to Silicon Sensors ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2020 — A research team at Georgia Tech has demonstrated that large-area organic photodiodes, produced from solutions at low temperatures, can detect several hundred thousand photons every second. The process, the researchers said, is conceptually similar...
Materials Expand Volumetric 3D Printing LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2020 — A new class of materials adapted by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) enable nearly instant production through volumetric 3D printing and expanding the range of material properties achievable with the technique. The...
Nanostructure Allows Large Incidence Angles in Fiber Optics ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 2, 2020 — Researchers from ITMO, in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology and Australian National University, have resolved the fundamental problem of light coupling into optical fiber at incidence angles of over 70°. The...
Algae-Inspired Polymers May Reduce Night-Vision Cost TSUKUBA, Japan, Oct. 29, 2020 — An infrared-transmitting polymer based on common low-cost materials may lead to low-cost night-vision lenses that retain focus while imaging at variable distances. The polymer, developed by researchers from the University of Tsukuba, keeps its shape...
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