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Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – December 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Black Phosphorus Composites for Pulsed Lasing
Black phosphorus encapsulated in a transparent polymer matrix is applied as a nonlinear absorber material for pulse generation in optical fiber lasers.
Boeing develop lightest ever material
Boing created an open cellular polymer structure to build lighter aircrafts and save fuel.
ESCARGOT: A New Approach for Microfluidic Devices
Scientists based in the Netherlands and Spain have recently developed a two-step printed scaffold-removal method to fabricate intricate microfluidic devices.
Turning coke oven gas into baking powder
ThyssenKrupp and TU Berlin develop a process for eco-friendly conversion of process gases.
Porous molybdenum-based nanocomposites for efficient hydrogen evolution
Researchers develop nanoscale materials that can improve the activities and stabilities of HER catalysts.
Nanotechnology is fighting breast cancer
A new review in Advanced Science summarizes new nanotechnology-based potential diagnosis and treatment methods for triple negative breast cancer.
Robot grippers that can mimic human hand function
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.
Plasmonics Enhances Electroluminescence in Quantum Dot LEDs
The addition of plasmonic silver nanostructures has enhanced the external quantum efficiency of this QLED device by 46%.
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