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Stable Nanoparticle Suspension for Smart Glass and Thin Film Photovoltaic Applications

Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, who serves as professor of physics and professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science of Syracuse University, has created a patent-pending novel method for the production of stable metal nanoparticle suspensions that can capture sunlight.

24 Aug 2011

Research Report Predicts Growth for Global Photonic Crystals Market

companiesandmarkets.com has added a new market report on global photonic crystals industry titled ‘Photonic Crystals: Materials, Technologies and Global Markets’.

9 Aug 2011

Researchers Discover Polymer Light-Emitting Devices with 'Intrinsic Stretchability'

UCLA researchers have demonstrated a polymer light-emitting device with intrinsically stretchable properties.

8 Aug 2011

GE’s Innovation in Recording Speed Enables Commercialization of Micro-Holographic Technology

GE Global Research has developed an advanced optical storage technology that enables information recording at the speed of Blu-ray discs. The research team used a micro-holographic material to test the speed at which information is recorded.

22 Jul 2011

Vuzix Signs Partnership with Fraunhofer to Enhance Display Applications

A provider of video eyewear products in media and entertainment, defense, and consumer markets, Vuzix has collaborated with Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) for developing MEMS devices for virtual wearable and augmented display solutions.

16 Jul 2011

Scientists Develop New Technique to Measure the Photoelectric Effect in Graphene

The Vienna University of Technology’s (TU Vienna) scientists have designed light-detectors manufactured from graphene and studied their special properties. They showed how graphene is capable of converting light into electrical signals at a very rapid speed.

28 Jun 2011

Latest Version of MODE Solutions 5.0 To Address Omnidirectional Waveguide Designs

Lumerical Solutions,a global provider of nanophotonic design software, today introduced MODE Solutions 5.0, the latest upgrade to its MODE Solutions waveguide design product.

From Lumetronics 23 Jun 2011

Empa Opens World’s First Ultraviolet Laser Center

Research institute for technology advancement and material sciences, Empa has opened a new laser center at Thun. The center will aid scientists to develop new type of surfaces with micro to nanometer accuracy.

16 Apr 2011

Researchers Focus IR Light with Narrow Transmission Lines to Nanometer-Scale Dimensions

Researchers at nanoGUNE have conducted a series of experiments to prove that infrared light with narrow transmission lines can be focused to small spots of nanometer-scale dimensions.

11 Apr 2011