Tag Archives: Optics

Scientific snapshots from Berkeley Lab

[ad_1] IMAGE: Controlling light-matter interactions is critical for a variety of important applications, such as quantum dots, which can be used as light emitters and sensors. View More Credit: PlasmaChem A machine learning solution for designing materials with desired optical properties The Berkeley Lab researchers’ method can also quickly calculate …

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Large area flexible organic photodiodes can compete with silicon devices

[ad_1] IMAGE: Georgia Tech’s lead researcher, Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, possesses a large-area organic photodiode in the shape of a ring, whose performance is comparable to that of silicon-based photodiodes. View More Credit: Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, Georgia Tech The performance of large-area flexible organic photodiodes has advanced to the point where they can …

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? NTU scientists develop energy-saving “liquid window”

[ad_1] IMAGE: NTU research team members include Dr. Long Yi (left), senior lecturer at the School of Materials Science & Engineering, and PhD student Wang Shancheng (right). View More Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block …

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Laser-powered nanomotors follow their own course

[ad_1] Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at the University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Sciences (UTokyo-IIS) have designed novel linear nanomotors that can be moved in controlled directions using light. This work paves the way for new microfluidics, including lab-on-a-chip systems with optically driven pumps and valves. The world of nano-scale …

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