Data Storage Institute (DSI)
Three decades of driving dedicated research
7 Dec 2021Through the years, A*STAR has always stood at the forefront of science and technology and innovation. Here’s how A*STAR came to be and what it has in store in the upcoming decades.
Wavelength shift could lead to cheap infrared scans
31 Oct 2018Using a crystal to link visible light to infrared
opens a window on infrared sensing
Flat lenses bring tiny features into focus
7 Aug 2018Flat lenses that enable high-resolution imaging are created by forming nanoscale structures on a surface
A silicon-nanoparticle photonic waveguide
15 Jul 2018A line of silicon nanoparticles can transport light efficiently at small scales
Brighter microscopy using built-in nanobulbs
15 Jul 2018Hybrid nanoparticle can attach to microscope tips and light up objects too tiny to see with typical optical beams
Light-bending nano-patterns for LEDs
7 Jun 2018Direct
nanoscale patterning of LED surfaces brings new possibilities for the control
of light
Measurements through entanglement
1 May 2018The
extremely short relaxation times of atoms can be measured by using
quantum-entangled photons
Tiny droplets for big color impact
22 Mar 2018High-resolution
full color images can be formed using silicon-nanostructure pixels
Dynamic solution for accurate reading
15 Mar 2018A sensing scheme that
responds dynamically to voltage fluctuations could improve accuracy when
reading data from spin-based memory storage
‘Floating’ nanostructures for better color
8 Mar 2018Extremely
high-resolution color images are produced using silicon nanostructures that
imitate particles floating in free space
Flat-packed optical components
21 Feb 2018Nanostructured
thin-films that can bend light by large angles could be a replacement for bulky
glass optical components
Escaping silicon
21 Dec 2017An
alternative fabrication scheme for microscale semiconductor lasers could expand
the applications of on-chip lasers beyond conventional silicon