Optical materials and structures are substances used to manipulate the flow of light. This can include reflecting, absorbing, focusing or splitting an optical beam. The efficiency of a specific ...

Technological advancements in the simultaneous observation of ultrafine structures and temperature changes in materials are ...

Skoltech researchers have presented a new simple physical model for predicting the hardness of materials based on information ...

A flash of light traps this material in an excited state indefinitely, and new experiments reveal how it happens.