Plasmonics
Smart sensors shift targets on demand
11 Jul 2022An innovation from A*STAR material scientists does the job of multiple sensor devices through its ability to change detection targets.
Fuelling the future
22 Jul 2021Nuclear fusion could provide Singapore—and the rest of the world—with a safe and clean source of energy, says A*STAR National Science Scholar Valerian Hall-Chen.
With plasmonic color, less is more
2 Jul 2020A new technique for harnessing surface plasmon resonance may allow brilliant colors to be captured more easily and cheaply.
Creating colors without dyes
23 May 2019Nanofabricated metallic structure arrays produce a kaleidoscope of bright colors.
Tiny droplets for big color impact
22 Mar 2018High-resolution
full color images can be formed using silicon-nanostructure pixels
Faster data transfer through plasmons
21 Feb 2018A transducer that converts
electrical signals directly into surface plasmons could allow rapid data
transfer and link photonic devices to electronics
Let liquid fingers point the way
28 Jan 2018Tiny gold spheres can be manipulated on surfaces with nanometer precision using the effects of solvent evaporation
Digging sensors out of an efficiency hole
14 Sep 2017The
key to ultrathin high-efficiency sensors and solar cells could be materials
covered with tiny trenches
A revolution in light at the small scale
4 Apr 2017Surprising optical effects in semiconductor nanoparticles promise to realize the latent potential of nanophotonics
Lighting the way to miniature devices
8 Sep 2016Electromagnetic waves created on a layer of organic molecules could provide the perfect on-chip light source for future quantum communication systems
Small and powerful X-ray sources from graphene, plasmons and electrons
5 Apr 2016Plasmons in graphene could make a tabletop ― or even handheld ― source of X-rays a reality
Exciting silicon nanoparticles
26 Jan 2016Separating the electric and magnetic components of light scattered by
silicon nanoparticles enables more precise control of light