Rice University researchers show short laser pulses selectively heat gold nanoparticles.

Rice University researchers show short laser pulses selectively heat gold nanoparticles.
Topological Insulators, solar-cell silicon, and crystallization kinetics– these and more in January’s physics highlights.
New fabrication method could advance technologies ranging from medical imaging devices to grid-scale energy storage.
Greek scientists develop a new method to fabricate graphene oxide films for use in flexible photovoltaics.
Company announces aquisition assests of former leader in atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions.
University of Michigan researchers develop focused ultrasound technique for use in microsurgery.
Scientists from Berkeley and TU Munich investigate magnons in a material that becomes helimagnetic below about 30 kelvin: iron silicide doped with cobalt.
FAC lenses (fast axis collimation) with above average collimation quality and transmission. The superior collimation and transmission properties enable excellent efficiency in beam shaping and transformation.
Engineers create a device that can focus light into a point of just a few nanometers, with applications in computing, communications, and imaging.
Researchers make a fiber out of crystalline silicon semiconductor materials that can function as a solar cell.