Optical materials comment, September 2012

Atomic clusters make light work of water splitting

Scientists have developed efficient photocatalysts for splitting water made from inorganic atomic clusters on titanium oxide supports.

Magnetic result for coated gold nanorods

Using iron oxide nanoparticles, researchers have been able to control the orientation, and thus optical properties, of gold nanorods with a magnetic field.

Boron nitride nanotubes line up to form liquid crystals

By removing contaminants, researchers have managed to get boron nitride nanotubes to assemble themselves into liquid crystals.

One-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials

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