Scientists have discovered how optical signal transmission can be controlled, which could lead to integration of plasmonics with electronic circuits.
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Growing polymer nanofibres with ease
New research describes a device and method which enables the ambient temperature production of 100nm fibres in a commercially attractive way.
Quantum dots & nanotubes make alternative transistors
New electronics harness quantum tunnelling to create transistors without semiconductors.
Combining ferroelectrics and graphene for data storage
New system uses two-dimensional structures to guide plasmonic waves at ultrashort wavelength, offering a new platform for memory and computer chips.
Optical technique could be essential tool for computer chips
Technique developed several years ago at NIST for improving optical microscopes could be applied to the next generation of computer chip circuit components.
Transformers can be integrated into new ceramics
Siemens scientists have developed new kinds of ceramics in which they can embed transformers.
LANL and Tribogenics produce lightweight, low-cost X-ray system
Handheld X-ray camera could provide real-time inspection of sealed containers and facilities.
Mark Allen is first scientific director of Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Mark G. Allen has been named the inaugural scientific director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
New material for low-platinum catalysis
Platinum-nickel nano-octahedra save 90 percent platinum.
Plasmonic transducer can measure motion on the nanoscale
Researchers confine plasmons in a resonant cavity only 20 nanometers wide to precisely measure mechanical motion smaller than the size of an atom.
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