Optical physics Research update Chip puts a twist on light Optical vortices from tiny devices could boost quantum computers Read article: Chip puts a twist on light
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Nanolayers make a coating of many colours Semiconductor film changes hue with thickness Read article: Nanolayers make a coating of many colours
Transport properties Research update Gossamer ‘nanoweb’ blocks light Counterintuitive result might lead to new optical devices Read article: Gossamer ‘nanoweb’ blocks light
Solar cells Research update New theory describes ultrathin solar cells Calculations reveal trade-off between absorption and emission Read article: New theory describes ultrathin solar cells
Transport properties Research update New cloak promises to be invisible to electrons Device would be invisible to electrons Read article: New cloak promises to be invisible to electrons
Transport properties Research update Survival of the fittest nanoantenna Evolutionary algorithms boost optical performance Read article: Survival of the fittest nanoantenna
Optical physics Research update ‘Fano switch’ for colour displays New device resists photobleaching Read article: ‘Fano switch’ for colour displays
Optical physics Research update First flat lens focuses light without distortion Pattern of nanoantennas eliminates optical aberrations Read article: First flat lens focuses light without distortion
Optical physics Research update Planck’s law violated at the nanoscale "Fluctuational electrodynamics" describes how tiny objects radiate Read article: Planck’s law violated at the nanoscale
Quantum optics Research update Frog photoreceptor counts photons Rod cells show promise for quantum optics Read article: Frog photoreceptor counts photons