Optical materials news, August 2022

New precursors make spray pyrolysis a versatile alternative

novel precursors diethanolamine (DEA) and L-ascorbic acid (AA) in spray pyrolysis produces better cuprous oxide (Cu2O) thin films for electronics

Electrons help control nuclear spins in 2D material

For the first time, researchers have used photons and electron spin qubits to control nuclear spins in a 2D material.

Openings for Editors, the Acta Journals

Colorful films stretch back to the 19th century

By applying a 19th-century color photography technique to holographic materials, researchers were able to print large-scale images onto elastic materials.

Improved synthesis method lights up novel semiconductor

Researchers have developed an improved method for making a new type of semiconductor that is a few atoms thin and can interact with light.

Non-chiral tetrahedrons form chiral superstructures

Researchers have unexpectedly discovered that tetrahedron-shaped gold nanoparticles can arrange themselves into 2D chiral superstructures.