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Optical materials news, September 2022

Oxide layers reflect on infrared radiation

A novel nanophotonic material made from oxide layers can control the flow of infrared radiation and withstand high temperatures in air.

29 September 2022
New colloidal synthesis method produces novel nanocrystals

Researchers have developed a colloidal synthesis method for producing alkaline-earth chalcogenide nanocrystals wth defined sizes.

26 September 2022

High-quality cathode material made from sodium

22 September 2022Laurie Donaldson

Researchers have created a metal nanoparticle called a 'nanorattle' that can amplify and detect signals from cancer-detecting nanoprobes.

20 September 2022

Researchers have developed a nano-engineered metasurface that can produce complex webs of entangled photons.

19 September 2022

A novel iron pyrite metasurface can transcend the Moss rule, which describes a trade-off between a material’s optical absorption and how it refracts light.

16 September 2022

Researchers unexpectedly discovered that a nanoparticle they developed can exhibit superfluorescence at both room temperature and regular intervals.

6 September 2022

Researchers have built a 'light trap' that allows a beam of light to be completely absorbed by even the thinnest layers of material.

5 September 2022

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