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  1. MATERIALS RESEARCH : Researchers demonstrate nonlinear tunable metamaterial

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    Sun, 1 Jun 2008

    A research team at the Nonlinear Physics Centre of the Australian National University in Canberra, reports that it has produced the first nonlinear tunable metamaterial and, using the metamaterial, has demonstrated several novel effects

  2. Penn State Materials Research Institute develops near-infrared method for breast cancer detection

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    Mon, 29 Sep 2008

    September 29, 2008--- A new imaging method for breast cancer has been developed by a team of scientists from Penn State using encapsulated fluorescent molecules in calcium phosphate nanoparticles and non-toxic near-infrared imaging.

  1. U.S. and U.K. researchers share $2.1 million grant for energy efficient photonic materials research

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    Tue, 3 Feb 2009

    February 3, 2009 --Five University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) professors will share a $2.1 million grant with scientists from the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England) as part of Science Bridges, a project announced by Research Councils U.K. (RCUK). The UCSB-Cambridge project will

  2. Materials research

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    Sat, 1 Aug 1998

    Materials research Thin film lases in the UV A little-known wide-bandga¥material could open the way to ultraviolet-emitting semiconductor

  3. MATERIALS RESEARCH : Fracto-emissions from metallic glass hit 3000 kelvins

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    Sat, 1 Jan 2000

    Zirconium-based bulk metallic glass, a currently favored material for making premium golf clubs, has been observed to emit light at extremely high temperatures when fractured, according to researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California-Berkeley (both in ...

  4. Georgia Tech professor wins award for research into zinc oxide nanostructures

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    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    Atlanta, GA --Zhong Lin Wang, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech ), has received a Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal for his work on zinc oxide (ZnO 2 ) nanostructures. The medal was presented last week at

  5. New blue OLED emitter has purer blue color and a two-times-higher external quantum efficiency

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    Fri, 24 Jun 2011

    Singapore and Ann Arbor, MI--A pure-blue organic LED ( OLED ) created by researchers at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering ( IMRE ) and the University of Michigan has a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) that is

  6. Near-infrared photodetectors enable new applications

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    Tue, 1 Jun 2004

    would take hours because each wavelength must be individually scanned into the PMT. Materials research The near-IR PMT has shown promise in materials research as well. It has been used successfully in monitoring the photo-luminescence from

  7. Asylum Research NanoIndenter integrates with AFM optical detector

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    Wed, 19 Jul 2006

    for use with the company's MFP-3D atomic-force-microscope (AFM) system. The NanoIndenter is a tool for materials research that allows controlled physical contact and elastic and inelastic deformation of a nano-sized area of a specimen

  8. Fall MRS meeting reviews developments in optoelectronic materials

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    Fri, 1 Jan 1999

    Fall MRS meeting reviews developments in optoelectronic materials The Materials Research Society (MRS; Boston, MA) meeting last November highlighted recent work with gallium nitride (GaN), organic materials and