(Nanowerk Spotlight) Crystalline materials with precisely engineered structures lie at the heart of virtually every advanced technology, from the silicon microchips powering our electronics to the ...

Lasers that emit extremely short light pulses are highly precise and are used in manufacturing, medical applications, and ...

Recently, the research groups led by Prof. ZHANG Qingli and Prof. JIANG Haihe from Hefei institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have jointly developed a ...

Precise control over crystallization is essential if the resulting crystals are to be suitable for use as optoelectronic materials, but achieving that control can be difficult. Producing lead halide ...

Hannover, Germany -- The European Union wants to use the unique properties of Alexandrite crystals in Earth observation satellites in the future. To make the EU independent of non-European suppliers, ...

A team of researchers from Lehigh University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lebanon Valley College and Corning Inc. has demonstrated, for the first time, that crystals manufactured by lasers within a ...

The new phase appears for a brief moment after the flash of light. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new phase of matter has been ...