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Research and Markets Announces Addition of Semiconductor Photonics Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Semiconductor Photonics: Nano-Structured Materials and Devices" report to their offering.

1 Dec 2008

Soligie and Acreo to Jointly Develop PaperDisplay Electrochromic Display Technology

Soligie, a market leader in the design and manufacture of Printed Electronics, and Acreo, a leading Swedish research institute, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for the development and volume manufacturing of Acreo's printed electrochromic display technology, PaperDisplay™.

1 Dec 2008

Extensive Report on the Advances in Optics Design and Precision Manufacturing Technologies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Advances in Optics Design and Precision Manufacturing Technologies" report to their offering.

1 Dec 2008

Optical Burst Switching Expected to Facilitate Next-generation Optical Internet and Grid Computing

The shortcomings of conventional switching techniques and the increasing demand for bandwidth have led to the emergence of an innovative switching technique called Optical Burst Switching (OBS).

1 Dec 2008

Combining Laser Cladding and Milling a Cost-Effective Method of Manufacturing Complex Molds

Improving the productivity of machining processes is one of the basic requirements in every machine-tool engineering specification. The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden has integrated a laser module into the tool station of a milling spindle.

28 Nov 2008

X-Ray Lasers in Focus

Radiation from x-ray lasers such as x-ray free electron lasers are of wide interest, as they will allow a large number of applications such as the study of the structure of single molecules.

27 Nov 2008

3D Microstructural Determination with The Carl Zeiss Axio CSM 700 Confocal Microscope

Axio CSM 700 confocal microscope from Carl Zeiss offers outstanding price/performance for materials scientists.

27 Nov 2008

Users of Carl Zeiss AxioVision Can Now Profit from Improved Surface Roughness and Height Measurements

Materials microscope users already benefiting from faster, easier-to-use and intelligent microscope control and image evaluation with the recent launch of the Carl Zeiss AxioVision 4.7 image analysis software can now profit from improved surface roughness and height measurements with an enhanced Topography module.

27 Nov 2008

Book Discuss Development of Semiconductor Based Ultrafast All-Optical Devices

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing Devices" to their offering.

27 Nov 2008

Researchers Show it is Possible to Reflect Light from All Directions

Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing of a perfect cat's eye.

26 Nov 2008

World’s First LED Simulation Projection System with Simultaneous Visible and Infrared Illumination

An industry breakthrough, the Christie Matrix StIM is the first customer-driven, arrayed projection display system with LED illumination that simultaneously renders simulated environments in both the visible and infrared spectrums. Its modular architecture features Christie self-maintenance technology for exceptional stability, scalability, and sustainability.

26 Nov 2008

A Big Step Toward Energy-Saving OLED Lighting with Efficiency of More Than 60 lm/W

BASF and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have developed a highly efficient white organic light-emitting diode (OLED). For the first time, an OLED not only is able to achieve a light yield of more than 60 lumens per watt (lm/W), but also, at the same time, meets the international Energy Star SSL Standard with regard to color requirements.

26 Nov 2008

The Dream of Making Solar Cells More Popular is One Step Closer to Reality

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has shown that the dream is one step closer to reality. Reporting in the Nov. 26 edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Yang Yang, a professor of materials science and engineering, and colleagues describe the design and synthesis of a new polymer, or plastic, for use in solar cells that has significantly greater sunlight absorption and conversion capabilities than previous polymers.

26 Nov 2008

Harnessing "Force of Light" to Drive Machines

Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized sails that have been tried. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering + Applied Science has shown that the force of light indeed can be harnessed to drive machines - when the process is scaled to nano-proportions.

26 Nov 2008

Coating Uses Sunlight to Clean Building Exteriors

Imagine the exterior of your house always looking good, without cleaning or giving it a new coat of paint. This is now possible with paint that can maintain itself and get rid of accumulated dirt on its own.

26 Nov 2008