The emission of polymer distributed feedback lasers can be tuned by integrating nonlinear optical organic molecules.
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NC State Signs Innovative Research Agreement With Eastman Chemical Company
North Carolina State University enters into agreement with Eastman Chemical Company to conduct joint cutting-edge research in materials science.
Protocells – A Versatile Drug Delivery Platform
A new hybrid nanoarchitecture has been developed to allow the use of protein toxins such as ricin in cancer treatment.
Nuclear Power: Extracting Uranium from Seawater
The combination of high-capacity reusable adsorbents and high-surface-area polyethylene fibers creates a material that can rapidly, selectively and economically extract valuable and precious dissolved metals from water.
Broadband Plasmonic Response of Semiconductor Disks
The plasmonic behavior of touching semiconductor disks shows a highly efficient broadband response in the terahertz regime as predicted by theoretical studies.
Performance Test for Novel Hot-Metal Production Route
A successful performance test at a Chinese steelmaker has proven the economy efficiency of the alternative Corex technology for the production of hot metal
Molecular Layer Deposition: building hybrid materials one layer at at time
As the applications of nanotechnology grow more sophisticated, the controlled deposition of exceedingly thin layers of materials becomes of ever growing importance. A well-known technique called atomic layer deposition (ALD) can meet this challenge quite well for the...
Electrochromic Bragg mirror
Researchers report the first example of an electrochromic Bragg mirror based on nanoporous multilayers of nickel oxide and tungsten trioxide nanoparticles.
Laser and Photonics Reviews Now Accepting Communications
Laser & Photonics Reviews will now accept original papers and letters, with immediate effect.
Slab-nanocrystal nanolasers
Low-threshold nanolasers based on slab-nanocrystals of H-aggregated organic semiconductors are reported by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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