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Image of the Week: Flexible, polarization-controllable diffusion metasurface with optical transparency
This week’s Image of the Week comes from JPhysD article “Flexible and polarization-controllable diffusion metasurface with optical transparency“, Yaqiang Zhuang et al 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 465102. Metasurfaces- planar metamaterials of sub-wavelength thickness- are structures with the ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves… Read More ›
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Quantifying plasma chemistry products at atmospheric pressure
An atmospheric plasma produces many species. But which ones, and what role do they play? We take a closer look.
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Image of the Week: Direct writing using 3D printed, melt electrospun fibres
This week’s Image of the Week comes from JPhysD article ‘Investigation of the effects of melt electrospinning parameters on the direct-writing fiber size using orthogonal design’, Feng-Li He et al 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 425601. Melt electrospinning is an effective and simple… Read More ›
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Image of the week: Coalescence of Pickering emulsions.
This week’s Image of the Week is taken from JPhysD article Microfluidic angle of repose test for Pickering emulsions, L A Chacon and J C Baret 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 39LT04. In this paper the authors propose a microfluidic version of the… Read More ›
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Size matters: Small force sensors reveal big information
Biological cells have a wide range of complex functions, and a number of these are driven by tiny, molecularly generated forces acting within the cell. We asked Dr. Meenakshi Prabhune to talk to us about the latest tools for measuring… Read More ›
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Electronic response of a plasma-facing dielectric solid
Towards a microscopic understanding of the transfer of the plasma’s electronic non-equilibrium to a solid.
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Image of the week: Polarization conversion using an all-dielectric metasurface.
This week’s Image of the Week is taken from JPhysD article Polarization conversion based on an all-dielectric metasurface for optical fiber applications,Tongming Liu et al 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 334001. In this paper the authors propose polarization conversion… Read More ›
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New data on self-organisation in magnetised plasmas
We thought we understood magnetron plasmas, but the discovery of spokes shows that we did not!
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Image of the Week: Charge Density in Black Phosphorous Quantum Dot
This week’s Image of the Week is taken from M A Lino et al 2017 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 305103. In this paper the authors investigate the feasibility of producing Single Electron Transistors from Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots. The… Read More ›
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