News tagged with plasmonics


Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller ...





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Plasmonics book gives overview of technology that could revolutionise computing

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (29) | comments 0

A book which gives an overview of plasmonics, an area of physics that could revolutionise computing and telecommunications over the next two decades, has been published by a researcher at the University of Bath.


Researchers create new nanotechnology field

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (49) | comments 0

A University of Alberta research team has combined two fields of study in nanotechnology to create a third field that the researchers believe will lead to revolutionary advances in computer electronics, among many other areas.


'Spinplasmonics': Researchers create new nanotechnology field

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 15, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (36) | comments 0

A University of Alberta research team has combined two fields of study in nanotechnology to create a third field that the researchers believe will lead to revolutionary advances in computer electronics, among many other areas.


New technique to compress light could open doors for optical communications

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (47) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever thought possible, potentially opening doors to new technology in the fields of optical ...


Going plasmonic in search of faster computing, communications

Going plasmonic in search of faster computing, communications

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of European researchers has demonstrated some of the first commercially viable plasmonic devices, paving the way for a new era of high-speed communications and computing in which electronic ...


Disposable 'lab-on-a-chip' may save costs and lives

Disposable 'lab-on-a-chip' may save costs and lives

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-cost, disposable cartridges that would let doctors perform diagnostic tests at the point-of-care could speed up diagnosis and treatment while lowering costs. European researchers are rapidly ...


Researchers develop 2-D invisibility cloak

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (77) | comments 4

Harry Potter may not have talked much about plasmonics in J. K. Rowling's fantasy series, but University of Maryland researchers are using this emerging technology to develop an invisibility cloak that exists beyond the world ...


Researchers see electron waves in motion for first time

Physics /

created Jun 09, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New imaging technique - a trillion times faster than conventional techniques - advances field of plasmonics, could lead to better semiconductors Both the ancient art of stained glass and the cutting-edge field of plasmonics r ...


Engineers study whether 'light on a wire' is wave of future for circuitry

Physics /

created Mar 16, 2005 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

If data drove itself around in cars, photonics would be a roomy minivan and electronics would be a nimble coupe. Photonic components such as fiber optic cables can carry a lot of data but are bulky compared to electronic ...


'Nanostars' could be ultra-sensitive chemical sensors

Gold 'Nanostars' Could Be Ultra-Sensitive Chemical Sensors

Nanotechnology /

created Apr 18, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0

New optics research from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics suggests that tiny gold particles called nanostars could become powerful chemical sensors.



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