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Metasurface-Based Camera Could Simplify Polarization Imaging for Vision Systems

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a compact, portable camera that can image polarization in a single shot. The miniature camera uses metasurface technology to integrate all ...

Jul 5, 2019

First observation of native ferroelectric metal

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In a paper released today in Science Advances, Australian researchers describe the first observation of a native ferroelectric metal: a native metal with bistable and electrically switchable spontaneous polarization states—the hallmark of ferroele...

Jul 5, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Spontaneous synchronisation achieved at the nanoscale

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Researchers from the ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group have led a research which synchronised for the first time a couple of optomechanical oscillators. This work sets a solid basis for...

Jul 5, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Ultra-small nanoprobes could be a leap forward in human-machine interfaces

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Machine enhanced humans - or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction - could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research from the University of Surrey and Harvard University.

Jul 5, 2019

Multishelled fullerenes beat graphene at catalysing water splitting – Physics World

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Enhanced electric fields at curved carbon structures makes them better catalysts The post Multishelled fullerenes beat graphene at catalysing water splitting appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 5, 2019

Spontaneous Synchronisation Achieved at the Nanoscale

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers from the ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group have led a research which synchronised for the first time a couple of optomechanical oscillators. This work sets a solid basis for...

Jul 5, 2019

A new way of making complex structures in thin films: Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now be made into much more complex patterns that might someday be useful for making optical or plasmonic devices (in which e...

Jul 5, 2019

Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices

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Self-assembling materials called block copolymers, which are known to form a variety of predictable, regular patterns, can now be made into much more complex patterns that may open up new areas of materials design, a team of MIT researchers say.

Jul 5, 2019

Compact camera measures light polarization in full – Physics World

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New device uses nanostructures to determine all four Stokes parameters The post Compact camera measures light polarization in full appeared first on Physics World.

Jul 5, 2019

Energy-saving nano-surfaces inspired by nature

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

More efficient, longer-lasting machine and vehicle components, improved medical implants and novel fluid control technologies are just a few of the potential applications emerging from a project inspired by the unique ways in which the skins of so...

Jul 5, 2019

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