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Rotary Molecular Motor Powered by Near-Infrared Light

Light-controlled molecular motors can be used to create functional materials, to provide autonomous motion or in systems that can respond on command, for example, to open drug-containing vesicles.

29 Oct 2020

New Monitoring System to Save Tons of Wasted Food

Thousands of tons of wasted food could be saved every year thanks to a new monitoring system in development that promises to pinpoint the expiration of perishable produce, even after a ‘use-by’ date has expired.

29 Oct 2020

Advancements in 2D Materials Could Improve Electronic and Optical Devices

New possibilities for future developments in electronic and optical devices have been unlocked by recent advancements in two-dimensional (2D) materials, according to Penn State researchers.

28 Oct 2020

Engineering Thin-Film Organic Photodiodes via Chemical Doping

Photodiodes are optical sensors that convert the energy of light into electrical energy.

22 Oct 2020

Novel Nanophotonic Platform can Manipulate Polarized Light 1 Trillion Times per Second

U.S. and Italian engineers have demonstrated the first nanophotonic platform capable of manipulating polarized light 1 trillion times per second.

20 Oct 2020

New Method to Measure Temporal Electric Field Evolution of Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have developed a new technique to quantify the temporal evolution of electric fields with optical frequencies.

19 Oct 2020

Researchers Use Single Particle Imaging and Deep Learning to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Minutes

A team of researchers from several institutions has recently published a paper describing a new diagnostics method for the identification of SARS-CoV-2.

16 Oct 2020

Researchers Demonstrate Actively Controlled Transport of Stored Light

A team of physicists led by Professor Patrick Windpassinger at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2 millimeters.

14 Oct 2020

Surface Phonon-Polaritons can Help Nanostructured Devices Keep Their Cool

The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing cooling of the device structures to become increasingly challenging.

13 Oct 2020