Photonics

Creating Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing

June 24, 2018

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing approach can also fabricate electronics [more...]

3D Laser Technology Designs Microscopy Tips at Nanoscale

September 6, 2016

Mechanically stable atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips with arbitrary shapes can now be added to existing AFM cantilevers using 3D direct laser writing technology based on two-photon polymerization (TPP). TPP, a 3D printing process that [more...]

Turning Blood into a Laser Emitter for Drug Testing, Cancer Treatment

September 5, 2016

Blood as a laser emitter (image credit: University of Michigan) University of Michigan researchers have successfully demonstrated a new technique that combines laser light with an FDA-approved fluorescent dye to monitor cell structure [more...]

A Graphene Window to Better Microfluidics

September 5, 2016

Working with protein microcrystals can be an enormously challenging endeavor. Aside from their extremely small size, microcrystals can be delicate, difficult to handle, and susceptible to radiation damage from x-ray diffraction studies. [more...]

Portable Microscope Could Speed Sepsis Detection

September 5, 2016

A portable microscope, developed as part of a scalable, point-of-care, label-free microarray platform, may offer more rapid detection of sepsis and other infections caused by bacteria, ultimately saving millions of lives each year. The [more...]

Stanford Engineers Develop a Plastic Clothing Material That Cools the Skin

September 5, 2016

Stanford researchers began with a sheet of polyethylene and modified it with a series of chemical treatments, resulting in a cooling fabric. (Image credit: L.A. Cicero) Stanford engineers have developed a low-cost, plastic-based textile [more...]

Eternal 5D Data Storage Could Record The History Of Humankind

March 26, 2016

Documents captured in nanostructured glass, expected to last billions of years (credit: University of Southampton) Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that [more...]

Nanoprint Lithography Solution for Microfluidics and Photonics Applications

March 25, 2016

EVG Nanoimprint lithography system (Image credit: EVG) EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, and Joanneum Research (JR), a leading [more...]