Advanced optical materials are crucial in the development of many everyday appliances that enhance our lives. These materials have the unique ability to manipulate light in various ways, allowing us ...

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

After decades of physics-based theorizing, researchers have succeeded in creating a novel optical metamaterial using conventional materials. Its enhanced electromagnetic effect may make true one-way ...

Research into the synthesis of new materials could lead to more sustainable and environmentally friendly items such as solar panels and light emitting diodes (LEDs). Scientists have developed a ...

Researchers in Germany and the USA have produced the first theoretical demonstration that the magnetic state of an atomically thin material, ?-RuCl3, can be controlled solely by placing it into an ...

With thickness tuneable properties, a material offering precise UV light manipulation, letting photonics developers create ...

When it comes to children’s eyewear, safety is non-negotiable. In a new educational article titled Polycarbonate vs. Trivex: Choosing the Safest Lenses for Kids, Special Eyes Optical—Texas’s only ...

Optical interferometers work by splitting light into two paths and then recombining those paths. By placing the magneto-optic material in one of the paths, the researchers were able to measure whether ...

Optera uses photoluminescence instead of lasers for long-term optical storage solutionsSpectral hole burning encodes data by ...