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Nanohemisphere Arrays can Improve the Quality Factors of Surface Lattice Resonances

Plasmonic surface lattice resonances supported by metal nanoparticle arrays have many merits such as strong field enhancements extended over large volumes, as well as long lifetimes, narrow linewidths, angle-dependent dispersion, and a wide range of wavelength tunability.

31 Aug 2020

Study Sheds New Light on Charge Accumulation Sites in Plasmonic Photocatalysts

Strong interaction between plasmonic nanoparticles and free-space light induced the evanescently confined modes on the nanoparticle surfaces, which holds great promise in plasmonic nanophotonic technologies.

31 Aug 2020

New Biomaterials Eliminate Risk of Infection, Facilitate Healing Processes

New biomaterials developed at the University of Bayreuth eliminate risk of infection and facilitate healing processes.

31 Aug 2020

Salvinia-Like Slippery Surface can Help Transport Viscous Fluids, Pipelines, and Microfluidic Devices

Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in many industrial settings, which mainly consist of rough solid protrusions that entrap air to minimize the liquid/solid area.

31 Aug 2020

Enriched Tungsten Isotope can Help Shield the Inside of Future Fusion Reactors

The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on Earth. What's strong enough to protect the inside of a fusion reactor from plasma-produced heat fluxes akin to space shuttles reentering Earth's atmosphere-

31 Aug 2020

Liquid Marbles Used to Achieve Self-Assembly of Biopolymer-Based Structural Colors

Structural colors are displayed by a surface when minuscule, regular structural elements contained in a transparent material reflect light.

31 Aug 2020

High Customer Satisfaction with Picosun’s New Service and Support Model

Picosun Group’s growth strategy is based on strong expansion into industrial ALD markets.

From Picosun Oy 31 Aug 2020

Students Design a Hybrid Rocket Engine

In a year defined by obstacles, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student rocket team persevered.

28 Aug 2020

Molecular Dispersion Improves Photovoltaic Performance, Thermal Stability of Organic Solar Cells

In the last couple of years, organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors have tremendous progress in the power conversion efficiency.

28 Aug 2020

Researchers Fabricate a Single-Crystal Giant Magnetoresistive Device on Silicon Substrate

NIMS and AIST have jointly succeeded in fabricating a giant magnetoresistive device comprising single-crystal Heusler alloys on an practical silicon substrate.

28 Aug 2020

Researchers Discover Method to Produce Plastics Without Using Fossil Fuels

Researchers have identified a formerly unknown method through which certain bacteria create the chemical ethylene—a discovery that could pave the way for producing plastics without using fossil fuels.

28 Aug 2020

Training the Next-Generation of NDT Inspectors in FMC/TFM

Olympus, a leading manufacturer of nondestructive testing inspection equipment, has provided its new OmniScan™ X3 phased array flaw detectors with FMC/TFM to Lavender International’s US facility to support their advanced training courses.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 28 Aug 2020

New Technique to Produce Unique Glassy Structure with 2D Gradient Rejuvenation State

A team at Tohoku University have perfected a new heat treatment technique with rapid heating and asymmetrical cooling processes in metallic glass.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers Produce a Metal with Unique Ductility

During experiments on high-performance Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University produced a metal with unique ductility.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers Study a New Compound for Use in Batteries

Cathode materials based on sodium and d-metals fluorophosphates are in great demand in the production of metal-ion batteries, because they have a rich chemical composition that allows to regulate their electrochemical properties.

27 Aug 2020