A research team has developed a small optical lens, only a few millimeters in size, whose refractive behavior changes in the presence of gas. This 'intelligent' behavior of the micro-lens is enabled ...

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic devices have gotten much smaller and more efficient over the years but the design and underlying physics of today's optical lenses haven't changed much since antiquity.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical lenses play a crucial role in a vast array of applications, from microscopy and astronomy to photography, medical devices, and machine vision systems. Traditionally, the ...

A lens measuring 1.57 meters across and thought to be the largest high-performance optical lens ever fabricated has arrived at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a major step towards its eventual ...

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra, set to launch on December 25 in China, is expected to redefine smartphone telephoto photography with its ...