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Chemistry World
May 18, 2009
James Urquhart |
Tailored colors for photonic crystals Korean and US scientists have permanently fixed the color of block copolymer photonic crystals by swelling photonic gels and 'freezing' them as they display the desired color.   |
Technology Research News
February 11, 2004 |
Magnets tune photonic crystal Researchers from Fudan University in China have found that it is possible to use a magnetic field to quickly shift or block certain frequencies of electromagnetic signals passing through photonic crystals made from semiconductor material. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Colourful Crystals Monitor Humidity Chinese chemists have developed a material that changes color according to the humidity of the air around it. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals. |
Technology Research News
August 27, 2003 |
Crystal shortens infrared waves Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have found a way to make a tungsten photonic crystal emit 1.5 micron lightwaves, which are in the near-infrared, or heat range. This makes it useful for thermal photovoltaic devices, which turn heat into electricity. |
Technology Research News
March 24, 2004 |
Irregular layout sharpens light Aperiodic photonic crystal could improve devices that shape, detect and filter light, including communications devices like photodetectors, demultiplexers, which sort wavelengths of light, and channel drop filters, which filter out different wavelengths. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008 |
Global Market for Photonic Crystals Set for High Growth Through 2013 The market segments are applications of light emission, information technology, optical sensing, energy conversion, light energy delivery, and other applications. |
Technology Research News
November 3, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Lasers Juiced Researchers have made a photonic crystal laser that is driven by electric current. The device could eventually be used as a source of single photons for quantum cryptography and communications devices. |
Technology Research News
July 2, 2003 |
Tiny T splits light Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have designed a compact photonic crystal multiplexer that splits a lightwave into two slightly different colors. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2012
Laura Howes |
Fish with Crystal Clear Vision Zoologists and physicists in the UK and Germany have teamed up to understand the construction of the elephantnose fish retina, which is very different from our own. Their eyes are another natural example of photonic crystals, like opals. |
Reactive Reports
December 2006
David Bradley |
Biomolecules Out on a Wing Photonic crystals give butterflies their beautiful colors and synthetic versions are now being developed for a range of technological applications. |
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. |
Technology Research News
February 9, 2005 |
Lens design promises tight spots A new photonic crystal lens can focus near-field light to a spot one-quarter of the light's wavelength. The device can be used to make smaller, faster computer chips and memory. It could also be used in super-resolution microscopes. |
Technology Research News
September 8, 2004 |
Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot. |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2014
James Urquhart |
Beetle behind breath test for bank notes Simply breathing on money could soon reveal if it's the real deal or counterfeit thanks to a beetle-inspired ink that reversibly changes color in response to humidity. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 67
David Bradley |
Attractive Changing Colors Chemists have discovered that a simple magnet can be used to change the color of nanoparticles of iron oxide in aqueous suspension. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
A Simpler Way to Photonic Crystals Chinese scientists have found an easy way to make highly regular crystal structures from a polymer mixture. |
Technology Research News
June 18, 2003
Eric Smalley |
Chip sorts colors The simple concept of proportionality is the key to a significant advance in the emerging field of integrated optics -- chips that control light rather than electricity. |
Technology Research News
June 29, 2005 |
Crystal promises more light Spontaneous emission from chip-based devices like light-emitting diodes can lower efficiency and create noise. Researchers have created a device that can harness the energy from the emissions and put them towards positive ends. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
Neil Savage |
Nanostructures Catch the Light Razor-thin solar cells could be cheap but need a little help holding light in |
Chemistry World
August 26, 2008 |
Photonic crystal drug detective A new high-throughput screening system based on photonic crystals could quickly and cheaply detect molecules that disrupt binding between proteins and DNA. |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. |
Technology Research News
November 19, 2003 |
Liquid Crystal Tunes Fiber Researchers have combined photonic crystal and liquid crystal to make an optical fiber whose properties can change according to temperature. The combination allows the researchers to change the properties of the light inside the fiber. |
