SCILIGHT
MicroLEDs have a bright future in displays and medicine
Reductions in the sizes of LEDs illuminate the path toward high-resolution applications from consumer electronics to medicine.
How magnetic fields affect dust dynamics in plasmas
Dusty plasmas encounter magnetic fields in a variety of astrophysical and technological environments, but how the field impacts their behavior has not been thoroughly studied.
Intercalated graphite dispenser for ultracold-atomic experiments produces pure rubidium vapors
The dispenser, based on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite, holds significantly more of the alkali metal than conventional chromate salt dispensers.
All-polymer distributed Bragg reflector laser self-heals to original output power
Doping certain polymers with rhodamine 6g allows a solid-state dye laser to recover its original output power after photodegradation.
Particle size in confined channels greatly affects pressure buildup
Studies of particles moving through a confined channel show stiffness, adhesion and friction also play a role.
Shock experiments reveal the behavior of polymers transitioning into their reactants
A two-wave structure is observed, indicating a simultaneous mixture of reactants and products when polysulfone is shocked to pressures within its reactants-to-products transition region.
Difference between the dynamics of bubble and droplet formation
Numerical simulation finds differences between the interface deformations and dynamics of bubble versus droplet formation in quiescent flow.
