APS Weekly NewsBrief MultiBriefs
February 4, 2012
Quick Links >    Home    Publications    Meetings    Programs    Membership    Advocacy    Careers    Contact
Graphene could be a perfect absorber of light
Physics World
Physicists in Spain and the U.K. have calculated that graphene - a layer of carbon just one atom thick - could be used to create a perfect absorber of light if it is doped and patterned into a periodic array. The work could lead to improved light-detection devices, particularly in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, where current technologies struggle to function. Read the associated APS Physics Viewpoint. More

Latest Headlines

  • First quantum jiggles detected in solid object
    New Scientist
  • Older workers thriving
    USA Today
  • The hidden nanoworld of ice crystals: Revealing the dynamic behavior of quasi-liquid layers
    PhysOrg
  • Russian physicists protest government consolidation
    Nature News
  • Primitive attraction: Magnetized moon rock points to lunar core's active past
    Scientific American
  • A quantum speed limit: how fast does quantum information flow through a lattice?
    Ars Technica
  • Molten blobs create moon flashes
    Science News
  • X-ray laser turns up the heat to 3.6 million degrees
    Wired Science
  • Babies show 'intuitive physics' evidence
    UPI
  •  RSS Feed

    Most Popular Stories

  • More
  • More
  • More
  • More
  • More
  • More
  • More
  • Quantum physics to the rescue after the kilogram develops a weight problem
  • More
  • More
  • E-mail:
    Update Profile  |  Unsubscribe

    Archive


    Advertise

    To advertise in future issues, contact Ben Maitland, director of advertising. He can be reached at 972.402.7025.

    Download Media Kit


    Powered by MultiBriefs
    7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063