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Technology update RSS feedPhysicists create new slow-light technique
Feb 14, 2012
Electromagnetically induced transparency seen in nuclear system for first time
Making efficient OLEDs for flexible solid-state lighting
Feb 9, 2012
Modified graphene anode increases work function and reduces sheet resistance
Graphene could make 'perfect' solar cells
Sep 5, 2011
Metallic nanostructures boost light absorption
Nanowire laser could boost data storage
Jul 19, 2011
Developers hope to use the device to study living cells
Plexcitonics for quantum information devices
Jun 2, 2011
Promising new system shows "interesting non-linear response"
Nano-antenna fashions charge from light
May 5, 2011
New device collects light and converts it into a current
'Super-twisted' light swirls into view
Nov 12, 2010
Highly polarized light could be used to study biological molecules
CNT lasers come into view
Jul 2, 2010
French scientists demonstrate optical gain in carbon nanotubes for the first time
Temperature orders TiO2 nanotubes
Apr 16, 2010
Suggested uses for ordered networks of titania include cost-effective photonic elements and micro-lasers
Graphene for all-plastic electronics
Apr 15, 2010
New light-emitting electrochemical cell contains no metal electrode
Plasmonic nanostructures enhance light fields
Mar 12, 2010
Tower- and pagoda-type composite structures probed using fluorescence technique
Graphene makes ultrafast laser
Mar 11, 2010
Cambridge University team's result paves the way to graphene-based photonics
Laser-etched CNT array delivers uniform yarn
Feb 2, 2010
Continuous process spins out hundreds of metres of high-strength material
OLEDs miniaturized for nanoscale duties
Dec 2, 2009
NIL-fabricated nanochannel design reduces charge spreading
Nanotube LEDs make progress
Nov 19, 2009
IBM team controls light emission from CNTs more precisely than ever before
Nanowire sheet has flexible LED applications covered
Nov 17, 2009
Bendable visible and ultraviolet light-emitting devices prototyped using cotton-like zinc oxide product
Thin film provides simple white-light solution
Oct 30, 2009
Easy-to-fabricate ZnO nanorod/polyfluorene nanocomposite gives LED makers a low-cost white-light option
Graphene oxide fluoresces blue
Oct 2, 2009
A useful result for developers of flexible colour displays