Laser Pulses Create Topological State in Graphene

8th November 2019 by Leave a Comment

New approach to control the topological aspects of quantum materials

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Nanowires Replace Newton’s Glass Prism

10th September 2019 by Leave a Comment

An ultraminiaturized device could image single cells without the need for a microscope

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Graphene for Super-Resolution Microscopy

4th September 2019 by Leave a Comment

New method measures extremely small distances in the order of 1 ångström with high accuracy and reproducibility

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Novel Form of Graphene-Based Metamaterial

1st April 2019 by Leave a Comment

New material opens new avenues in thermophotovoltaics, photodetectors and many other optical applications

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Optical Signatures of 2D Materials

26th September 2018 by Leave a Comment

Theoretical methods to compute the maximum optical properties of 2D materials

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Lasers Write Better Anodes

21st August 2018 by Leave a Comment

Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity

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Squeezing Light into Nanoscale Devices

30th May 2018 by Leave a Comment

Nanolight travels along the surface of graphene for many tens of microns without scattering

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Graphene-Based Light Detector

16th May 2018 by Leave a Comment

Graphene can detect light of almost any colour and gives an extremely fast electronic response

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Squeezing Light to One Atom

24th April 2018 by Leave a Comment

New kind of graphene-heterostructures provides a powerful and versatile platform for nanophotonics

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Metalenses With Tunable Features

30th November 2017 by Leave a Comment

New devices, made of graphene and a punctured gold surface, could be used for amplitude tunable lenses

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