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NEWS
September 2015
VIS Light, Photocatalyst Deconstruct BPA
A hybrid photocatalyst that can break down bisphenol A (BPA) using visible light could eventually be used to help safely dispose of the widely used chemical. Because BPA doesn’t degrade easily,...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/VIS_Light_Photocatalyst_Deconstruct_BPA/p5/a57688
NEWS
March 2015
Light’s Wave-Particle Duality Visualized (with video)
A novel imaging approach has brought light’s split personalities together for the first time. The wave-particle duality of light is well known, though experiments to date have only been...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Lights_Wave-Particle_Duality_Visualized_with/p5/a57222
NEWS
January 2015
Sunlight, Nanoparticles Break Down Pollutants
Endocrine disruptors mimic or block hormones, interfering with humans’ and animals’ reproductive organs, and causing other health problems. A class of pollutants that negatively...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Sunlight_Nanoparticles_Break_Down_Pollutants/p5/a57100
NEWS
November 2014
Nanomaterials Researcher Named VP at Quantum Materials
Quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp. has named Dr. Michael Krueger vice president of nanomaterials. Krueger holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Nanomaterials_Researcher_Named_VP_at_Quantum/p5/a56923
NEWS
October 2014
Nanopillars Enhance Solar Efficiency
Mimicking the highly efficient light-harvesting structures of blades of grass could boost power-conversion efficiency in solar panels. “For decades, scientists and engineers have placed...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Nanopillars_Enhance_Solar_Efficiency/p5/a56740
PRODUCT
August 2014
Raman-Enabled Microspectrometer
The 20/30 Perfect Vision from Craic Technologies now integrates Raman microscopy capabilities. The microspectrometer can now acquire Raman spectra, with multiple laser wavelengths, in addition...

https://www.photonics.com/Products/Raman-Enabled_Microspectrometer/p5/pr56373
COMPANY
VLC Photonics SL, Sub. of Hitachi High-Tech Corp.
Design and fabless manufacture, test, and packaging of custom photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Silicon photonics, III-V materials (InP, GaAs), PLC, SiN, TFLN, graphene. Provides photonic...

https://www.photonics.com/Buyers_Guide/VLC_Photonics_SL/c22100
NEWS
June 2013
New Material Improves Camera Sensitivity
A new material with five times the light sensitivity of current silicon-based sensor technology could yield cameras sensitive enough to capture photos using only starlight. All digital cameras...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/New_Material_Improves_Camera_Sensitivity/p5/a54148
NEWS
May 2013
Spectroscopy method could lead to better optical devices
A new spectroscopy method takes advantage of a fundamental property of thin films – interference – and could help optical devices like LEDs and solar cells make better use of these...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Spectroscopy_method_could_lead_to_better_optical/p5/a53758
NEWS
April 2013
Photonics Researchers Among Young Investigator Recipients
Five photonics researchers working in areas from nonlinear materials to undersea wireless optical communications to solar power are among the 16 recipients of Young Investigator awards, given by the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Photonics_Researchers_Among_Young_Investigator/p5/a53511
NEWS
July 2012
Metamolecules Change Chirality Under Light
For the first time, the chirality of artificial molecules has been switched from a right-handed to a left-handed orientation using a light beam. The discovery holds potential for a range of terahertz...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Metamolecules_Change_Chirality_Under_Light/p5/a51389
NEWS
April 2012
Protective Polymers Pave Way for Plastic Solar Cell
What appears to be a new universal technique to decrease the work function of a conductor in printable electronics has led to the development of the first completely plastic solar cell. Bernard...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Protective_Polymers_Pave_Way_for_Plastic_Solar/p5/a50696
NEWS
December 2011
Label-Free Bioimaging Tool Tracks Nanotubes
A new imaging tool tracks carbon nanotubes inside living cells and throughout the bloodstream, which could hone the particles’ usefulness in biomedical research and clinical medicine. ...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Label-Free_Bioimaging_Tool_Tracks_Nanotubes/p5/a49422
NEWS
August 2011
Earthquake impact reverses NanoJapan plans
When it became clear that the effects of the March earthquake in Sendai were going to impede the undergraduate lab internship program known as NanoJapan, the program underwent a reversal: Instead of...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Earthquake_impact_reverses_NanoJapan_plans/p5/a47964
NEWS
March 2011
Synchrotron-Based Tissue Imaging
With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Synchrotron-Based_Tissue_Imaging/p5/a46512
NEWS
January 2011
‘Liquid Pistons’ May Advance Camera Lenses
A few unassuming drops of liquid locked in a very precise game of "follow the leader" could one day be found in mobile phone cameras, medical imaging equipment, implantable drug delivery devices, and...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/8216Liquid_Pistons8217_May_Advance_Camera/p5/a45462
NEWS
March 2010
Thermopower Creating Waves
Like a flame speeding along the length of a lit fuse, a powerful wave of energy can be created by using a laser to ignite a reactive-fuel-coated carbon nanotube. It could lead to a new way of...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Thermopower_Creating_Waves/p5/a41419
FEATURE ARTICLE
July 2009
Avoiding failure: Advanced metrology finds tiniest defects in semiconductor materials
Chip features are small, and the defects that make them fail, even smaller. What is more, inspecting chips must be done on an assembly line, where throughput is crucial. Add to that layers of...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Avoiding_failure_Advanced_metrology_finds/p5/a38690
NEWS
February 2009
A Quantum Synchronized Spin
An international team of scientists led by a Princeton University group recently discovered that, on the surface of certain materials, collective arrangements of electrons move in ways that mimic the...

https://www.photonics.com/Articles/A_Quantum_Synchronized_Spin/p5/a36434
COMPANY
PI-KEM Ltd.
Suppliers of advanced materials and equipment for scientific research including silicon and glass wafers, sapphire and quartz components, graphene, precious metals, thin-film coater equipment and...

https://www.photonics.com/Buyers_Guide/PI-KEM_Ltd/c17752