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Defects add color to quantum systems

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are investigating light-emitting defects in materials that may someday form the basis of quantum-based technologies, such as quantum computers, quantum networks or engines that run on light. Once understood, these defects can become co...

Feb 24, 2020

Printable Photodiodes Could Be Used for Visible Light Communication

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has demonstrated a multichannel visible light communication system based on an organic photodetector array capable of demultiplexing optical signals without the need for additional optical filters....

Feb 24, 2020

A Simple Retrofit Transforms Ordinary Electron Microscopes Into High-Speed Atom-Scale Cameras

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Patented “beam chopper” provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow’s technology. Researchers at the National

Feb 24, 2020

A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a way to retrofit the transmission electron microscope—a long-standing scientific workhorse for making crisp microscopic images—so that...

Feb 24, 2020

A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras: Patented 'beam chopper' provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow's technology

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a way to retrofit the transmission electron microscope -- a long-standing scientific workhorse for making crisp microscopic images -- so that it can also create high-quality movies of super-fast processes at the atomic a...

Feb 24, 2020

Team discovers new way to control the phase of light using 2-D materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Optical manipulation on the nano-scale, or nanophotonics, has become a critical research area, as researchers seek ways to meet the ever-increasing demand for information processing and communications. The ability to control and manipulate light o...

Feb 24, 2020

Directing nanoparticles straight to tumors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Modern anticancer therapies aim to attack tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and FU Berlin has made important progress in this area: the scientists have...

Feb 24, 2020

A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Patented 'beam chopper' provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow's technology.

Feb 24, 2020

Developing lensless imaging at the nanoscale

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are planning to develop imaging that can look at biological systems at a much higher resolution and definition.

Feb 24, 2020

Mirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.

Feb 24, 2020

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