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Ultra-Fast Extreme Ultraviolet Lasers Measure Properties of Very Thin Materials

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.

16 Jul 2020

New Process to Fabricate Coupled Nanocrystals Could Improve Optoelectronics

An in-depth understanding of the fundamental science behind familiar techniques used to create quantum dots, which are tiny semiconducting nanocrystals, could help minimize the guesswork of existing practices used by material scientists to develop better digital displays and solar panels.

13 Jul 2020

Utility of Special X-Ray Laser Optimized for Nanoscale Measurements

Imagine taking movies of the fastest chemical processes, or imaging atomic-scale detail of single virus particles without damaging them.

9 Jul 2020

New Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy to Measure Surface Potential

As technology shrinks, the need to characterize the properties of very small materials-measured in nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter)-has become increasingly important.

25 Jun 2020

Deltaray Enables Zero-Defect Product Manufacturing

Deltaray, a spin-off of Antwerp University and imec – a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies – is taking quality control to the next level with the introduction of its ‘Accelerated 3D XRAY’ technology.

24 Jun 2020

Researchers Integrate Complex Optical System into Silicon Photonic Chip

Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems to their physical limit, which has created a bottleneck.

18 Jun 2020

TEM Used to Measure I-V Curve of Graphene Nanoribbons

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that were suspended between two electrodes.

16 Jun 2020

New Laser-Based Method to Create Customizable Nanocarbons

Fabrication of flexible and wearable electronics often requires integrating various types of advanced carbon nanomaterials - such as graphene, nanotubes, and nanoporous carbon - because of their remarkable electrical, thermal, and chemical properties.

16 Jun 2020

New Metasurface-Based Camera Lenses Could be Used in Future Optical Technology

Camera lenses could be considerably less resource-intensive to manufacture and thousands of times thinner in the years to come.

12 Jun 2020

New Twistronics-Based Method Could Advance Light-Driven Technologies

Monash researchers are part of an international collaboration applying 'twistronics' concepts (the science of layering and twisting 2D materials to control their electrical properties) to manipulate the flow of light in extreme ways.

12 Jun 2020

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