2016-10-14 - Rice University

Electron beam turns nanorods into multistate switches

At about 200 nanometres long, 500 of the metal rods placed end-to-end would span the width of a human hair,…

2016-05-17 - David Ruth

Laser-like optical amplifier boosts output of captured light

Rice University's new light-amplifying nanoparticle functions much like a laser, but while lasers have a fixed output frequency, this device's…