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Technology update RSS feedGraphene 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
Plasmonic laser puts the squeeze on light
Sep 1, 2009
US researchers claim world's smallest semiconductor laser
Angular approach produces excellent photonic crystals
Aug 20, 2009
Kyoto University team etches silicon wafers at 45° to simplify photonic-crystal processing
Making graphene in a flash
Aug 19, 2009
A common camera flashbulb can turn graphite oxide into graphene
Switching light on and off in nanotubes
Aug 13, 2009
IBM result crucial for future CNT applications in nano-optoelectronics and photonics
Nanoscale light source can change its colour
Aug 4, 2009
Tiny 'free electron laser' could be used in displays
Understanding nanoscale light emission
Jul 17, 2009
Optical properties of nanoparticles unravelled by NREL team
Foxconn patents nanoparticle LED doping
Jun 10, 2009
The behemoth Taiwanese company seeks to protect its method for smoothing both InGaN and AlGaAs active layers
CNT arrays for photonics
Apr 24, 2009
Deep-UV photonic crystals and total optical absorbers are some of the applications for multiwalled nanotube arrays
Lumileds claims double LED brightness
Apr 2, 2009
Etched triangular lattices come close to matching encapsulants for light extraction, while side-stepping disadvantages
On patrol: molecular sentinels recognize cancer
Mar 19, 2009
Raman scattering nanostructures switch "on" and "off" in response to biomarkers