Optical materials news, August 2008

Openings for Editors, the Acta Journals

Researchers float the idea of artificial leaves

Using thin-film metal oxides and perovskites, researchers have created fuel-producing artificial leaves that are light enough to float on water.

Quantum models reveal electronic properties of amorphous carbon

Using quantum mechanical models, researchers have more accurately predicted how amorphous carbon conducts electricity and absorbs light.

Advances in biological applications of self-assembled DNA tetrahedral nanostructures