Read article: Optical traps feel the heat
Researchers exploit heating effects in optical tweezing to manipulate nanoparticles opto-thermoelectrically, thereby reducing the optical power and operational restrictions required
Read article: Planar nanostructure provides giant chirality
Unprecedented chiroptical activity is reported from planar chiral nanostructures made from high-index dielectrics, thanks to high-order multipoles
Read article: Genetic manipulation unlocks key to nature’s palette
Ground-breaking research discovers genetics that underpin naturally manifesting colour structures
Read article: A sticky wonderland
Alaina G Levine visits adhesive-giant 3M Company’s innovation centre to find out about the physics involved
Read article: Thin Film Electronics brings brands to consumers
CEO Davor Sutija tells attendees at innoLAE2018 how Thin Film Electronics is helping mass marketing exploit near-field communication technologies
Read article: Smart skin sensing density exceeds a fingertip
Smart skin made from piezotronic ZnO nanowire has more than 20 times more devices per square centimetre than the number of mechanical receptors in a human finger, as reported at innoLAE 2018
Read article: Self-assembly responds well to stress
Block copolymer self-assembly aligns with shear stresses that arise from adding an inorganic topcoat that has a different coefficient of thermal expansion from the substrate
Read article: Grain dynamics make perfectly flat copper films impossible
Misalignments between grain boundaries in nanocrystalline copper films lead to surface roughening in the form of nanoscale ridges and valleys, meaning perfectly flat metal films do not exist
Read article: Lasers reconfigure the properties of novel metasurface
Switchable material can block or transmit particular wavelengths of light
Read article: Nanometre-scale printing technique could put its stamp on the electronics industry
Nanoimprint lithography offers an exact way of replicating very tiny circuits
