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Optical materials news, May 2014

Thermal analysis: new video presentations now available

Five more videos on subjects including elastomers, nanomaterials, and thermosets.

29 May 2014

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

23 May 2014

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

19 May 2014

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

8 May 2014

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.

7 May 2014

The best of Materials Science news during April 2014.

1 May 2014Zara Preston

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