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O-PTIR Detection of Plastic Films: Influence of Layer Thickness

This research highlights the use of O-PTIR to determine the minimum detectable thickness of PA6 and PET films, crucial for improving plastics recycling.

6 Feb 2026

Excelitas Announces Closing of Luxium Solutions Acquisition

Excelitas®, a leading provider of advanced, life-enriching technologies that make a difference, serving global market leaders in the life sciences, advanced industrial, next-generation semiconductor and avionics sectors, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Luxium Solutions, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners and Edgewater Capital Partners.

3 Feb 2026

Quantum Computing Inc. Completes Acquisition of Luminar Semiconductor, Inc.

Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCi"), an innovative, quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, today announced the completion of acquiring Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. ("LSI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar Technologies, Inc. ("Luminar"), in an all-cash transaction valued at $110 million (the "Transaction").

3 Feb 2026

Veeco and imec Develop 300 mm-Compatible Process to Enable Integration of Barium Titanate on Silicon Photonics

Veeco Instruments Inc. and imec announced today that they have collaboratively developed a 300 mm high-volume-manufacturing-compatible process that enables the integration of barium titanate (BaTiO3 or BTO) on a silicon photonics platform.

3 Feb 2026

Onto Innovation's 4Di InSpec SR Wins SPIE Prism Award 2026

Onto Innovation's 4Di InSpec™ SR Surface Roughness Gauge wins the 2026 SPIE PRISM Award, setting a new standard in portable, precision surface metrology.

From Onto Innovation 30 Jan 2026

Scientific Breakthrough in Ultrafast Ultraviolet-C Light Generation and Sensing

Scientists have developed a new platform for the generation and detection of ultrashort UV-C laser pulses on femtosecond timescales.

26 Nov 2025

Tescan Expands Semiconductor Workflows with FemtoChisel Laser Technology

Tescan expands its semiconductor portfolio with FemtoChisel, a next-generation femtosecond laser platform designed to enhance semiconductor sample preparation workflows with exceptional speed, precision, reproducibility, and quality.

17 Nov 2025

A New AI-Powered Method to Automate Material Analysis and Design

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provides valuable information about a material’s properties and electronic states.

10 Nov 2025

Study Shows Light Can Reshape Atom-Thin Semiconductors for Next-Generation Optical devices

Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have discovered that light can trigger a physical shift in their atomic lattice, creating a tunable way to adjust the materials’ behavior and properties.

6 Nov 2025

Advances in Wave and Metamaterial Technologies

This review discusses the impact of non-Hermitian physics on optics, revealing new possibilities in wave control and addressing fundamental performance limits.

8 Oct 2025

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