Optical materials news, September 2019

Researchers have built and tested a photonic topological insulator with edges that can be redefined on the fly for routing photons around each other.

Only around 1% of the surface area of the electrodes in organic solar cells needs to be electrically conductive for them to be fully effective.

coating based on a metal-organic framework containing silver nanoparticles could reduce spread of bacterial contamination of surgical devices and surfaces

A novel nanocomposite comprising bacteria-generated tellurium nanorods embedded in a polymer makes an effective nonlinear optical material.

Researchers report the first direct observation of transition carriers between different localization states within indium gallium nitride.

A newly developed organic material can produce two long-lasting excitons from a single photon of light to increase the efficiency of solar cells.

Researchers have created 2D flakes made up of domains of molybdenum diselenide and rhenium diselenide with a sharp divide between them.

Gold nano sheets for flexible electronic applications

Nanocomposite telecom switches could help expand broadband

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