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Using plasmons to harness the sun's energy for fuel
Photoexciting nanostructured metals and building a device that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen is a radically new way to convert sunlight directly into fuel.
Extending Deep Zoom technology allows the viewer to record a customized path through many image files, enabling further measurements.
24 May 2013
Piezoelectrically deformed substrates provide traveling wave-induced aerodynamic propulsive forces for a flat plastic sheet.
23 May 2013

Combining linear plasma sources and high-frequency plasma deposition on moving substrates may reduce manufacturing costs for thin-film silicon solar cells.

23 May 2013
Photonic integrated circuits could be scaled down for future optical communication applications with the help of a new wavelength-scale modulator.
21 May 2013
Size-separated and colloidally stable silicon nanoparticles provide a novel non-toxic light-emitting material for efficient, stable and color-tunable electroluminescence.
21 May 2013
Improved 3D computed tomography produces clearer images and improved clinical diagnoses of breast cancer while dramatically reducing patients' exposure to radiation.
17 May 2013
M Squared partners with Fraunhofer on gas emissions
Laser company collaborates with new Glasgow photonics hub on project co-funded by UK’s Technology Strategy Board.
24 May 2013
US National Photonics Initiative calls for new funding plan
‘Collaborative alliance’ also wants photonics explicitly included in President Obama’s new manufacturing institutes.
23 May 2013
LASER 2013: Laser market “at record high” – analyst
…but global markets diverge and reflect exchange rate swings, says Optech Consulting.
22 May 2013
 
Synthetic diamond for extreme laser applications