Self-organizing liquid crystals could spawn a new breed of extremely useful and cheap tunable lasers. Such lasers may ultimately prove to be useful for creating flat-screen displays with better ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba develop a tunable laser based on liquid droplets that can be inkjet-printed, and have a color that changes based on the shape, which may lead to cheaper and ...

This article describes an overview of recent developments in fabrication and uses of self-assembled photonic crystals (PCs) of organic and polymer materials, such as chiral liquid crystals (CLCs) and ...

For quick medical diagnostics possible, scientists have developed the first liquid nanoscale laser in an invention that can make the idea of "lab on a chip". This laser is tunable in real time, ...

Since lasers were first developed, the demand for more adaptable lasers has only increased. Chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs) are an emerging class of lasing devices that are poised to shape how ...

Inspired by a chameleon’s prowess, researchers have made a tiny elastic laser that changes color as it is stretched and released (Nano Lett. 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01774). The tunable ...

Japanese research could lead to miniature optical circuits that can perform spectroscopy on a glass chip. Scientists in Japan have used a femtosecond laser to fabricate a tiny dye laser that is ...

Using a liquid laser, researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases. Using a liquid ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a tunable laser based on liquid droplets that can be inkjet-printed, and have a color that changes based on the shape, which may lead to ...

The work has now demonstrated it is feasible to replace the solvent with an ionic liquid of low vapor pressure, which does not perturb the sample characteristics. This allows the molecules to be ...