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Fluorescent materials have drawn much attention as probes for imaging, diagnosis, and therapy in biological science.
International Year of Light: 3D μ-printing
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2D Materials – Beyond Silicone and Graphene
Michael Bojdys introduces a new class of two-dimensional polymeric materials for semiconductors.
Direct insertion of nanowires into living algal cells
The direct insertion of nanowires into living algal cells using inkjet printing technology is demonstrated.
Anisotropic interlayer coupling in atomically thin ReS2
Atomically thin transition-metal-dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently attracted a lot of research interest. Like graphene, they can be prepared as two-dimensional crystals by exfoliation. Unlike graphene, they are semiconductors with large band gaps, which make them...
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – February 2016
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Carbononics – a new special issue in pss RRL
A Carbononics special issue in pss RRL – integrating electronics, photonics and spintronics with graphene quantum dots.
A Unified View of Dynamic Interfaces
Researchers from the University of Akron provide an early picture of a unified understanding of dynamic interfaces in nanostructured polymeric materials.
Unusual Emitting Nanocomposites
Researchers have recently used blue-light emitting quantum dots (QDs) and stilbene units to prepare nanocomposites with unusual fluorescence behavior.
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