News articles tagged with 'dielectric'
Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
— 11 Nov 2009 12:38 | TechnologySensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light - a surface plasmon-polariton - may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications... — full story
The guiding of light: A new metamaterial device steers beams along complex pathways
— 1 Aug 2009 17:25 | TechnologyUsing a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects... — full story
Scientists demonstrate effect of confining dielectrics on semiconductor nanowire conductivity
— 6 May 2009 18:18 | TechnologyResearchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), have demonstrated, for the... — full story
Berkeley researchers create an 'invisibility cloak'
— 2 May 2009 19:30 | TechnologyThe great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously noted the similarities between advanced technology and magic. This summer on the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter... — full story
Nano changes rise to macro importance in a key electronics material
— 9 Apr 2009 14:11 | TechnologyBy combining the results of a number of powerful techniques for studying material structure at the nanoscale, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology... — full story
Plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity paves the way to future nanolasers
— 24 Jan 2009 19:44 | TechnologyThe principle behind whispering galleries - where words spoken softly beneath a domed ceiling or in a vault can be clearly heard on the opposite side of the chamber - has been used... — full story
Cracking a tough nut for the semiconductor industry
— 24 Dec 2008 14:00 | TechnologyResearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness - the resistance to fracture - of the thin insulating films... — full story
Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable
— 21 Aug 2008 18:20 | TechnologyThe proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical... — full story
Northwestern University's transistors on space station
— 11 Jun 2008 01:13 | TechnologyTransistors based on a new kind of material created by Northwestern University researchers have been lifted into outer space on the space shuttle Endeavour and attached to the outside... — full story
A new artificial material shows the pathway to improved electronics
— 16 Apr 2008 15:10 | TechnologyIn the 10 April issue of Nature, a new artificial material is revealed that marks the beginning of a revolution in the development of materials for electronic applications. The discovery... — full story