Optical materials news, May 2014

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Researchers have demonstrated a technique whereby the electronic properties of GBN heterostructures can be modified with visible light.

Researchers have taken a step toward practical applications for "hyperbolic metamaterials," ultra-thin crystalline films.

Researchers have recorded the first observations of a strong nonlinear optical resonance along the edges of a single layer of molybdenum disulfide.

Scientists have invented a simple and cheap way of making a high-powered lens that can transform a smart phone into a high-resolution microscope.

The best of Materials Science news during April 2014.

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