Optics

Cosintering commercially available glass frit and phosphors to convert blue LED light into warm white light

By Eileen De Guire / March 12, 2014

Cosintering commercially available glass powders with Ce3+:YAG phosphors converted LED blue light into warm white light.

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Ballistic transport in graphene nanoribbons grown on silicon carbide

By April Gocha / February 17, 2014

Graphene is big–new reports detail generation of graphene nanoribbons on silicon carbide or in a solution-based approach.

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No pressure: Creating diamond thin films from graphene may be easier than thought

By April Gocha / February 12, 2014

Scientists from Rice University and Russia have developed a phase diagram for the conversion of thin layers of graphene to diamond, which indicate it may be possible to chemically achieve the transition without high pressure.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / December 27, 2013

New circuit design allows for elimination of laptop charger brick Power electronics maker FINsix Corporation announced the development of smallest known laptop adaptor that is one-fourth the size of traditional…

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Video: GT Advanced Technologies to grow sapphire crystals for Apple

By Eileen De Guire / November 7, 2013

  Boston-based mobile and tablet blog, Pocketnow, toured the Salem, Mass., plant where GT Advanced Technologies grows sapphire crystals, similar to the ones GT will be growing for Apple in…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / September 30, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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The glass science behind the flat screen

By Eileen De Guire / September 24, 2013

Two recent papers in the ACerS International Journal of Applied Glass Science by a Corning Inc. team show the science behind commercial glasses for LCD substrates.

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Discovering the triple point of vanadium oxide

By Eileen De Guire / August 27, 2013

Researchers discovered the VO2 triple point where three solid phases exist in equilibrium at 65°C and zero stress.

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Video: Making laser frequency combs, fast

By Jim Destefani / July 18, 2013

Applications ranging from atomic clocks to medical diagnostics and calibrating astronomy instruments require laser light at various controlled frequencies. That requires frequency combs, which measure different colors of light. Now…

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Independence Day ramblings on road signs, sunglasses, rain, and materials

By Eileen De Guire / July 5, 2013

   Next time you are driving in the rain, think about the engineering that ensures road signs and road markings are visible. Or just wear your sunglasses. Credit: 3M; You…

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