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NSL in the News
  • New extraordinary light transmission phenomena discovered

    The Princeton Chou group observed that when subwavelength-sized holes in an optically opaque metal film are completely covered by opaque metal disks larger than the holes, the light transmission through the holes is not reduced, but rather enhanced.
    The paper has been ranked in top-ten in downloads among all the Optical express journals from October 2011.
    The paper can be found here: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-21-21098
  • A novel Si nanowire growth method published in Nano Letters
    A new approach, termed growth by nanopatterned host-medicated catalyst (NHC growth), is invented by Princeton Chou group to grow straight silicon nanowires on insulating and amorphous SiO2 with uniform length and diameter, predetermined locations, preferred orientation, one-wire per-growth-site, and high density; all are 10-100 times better than conventional growth.
    This technology is expected to provide a new pathway of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology to integrate high-performance Si devices.
    The paper can be found here: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl2026663

 
  • New graphene nano-ribbon patterning paper gets high downloading rate
    A recent article, "Printing of sub-20 nm wide graphene ribbon arrays using nanoimprinted graphite stamps and electrostatic force assisted bonding", in Nanotechnology, Vol 22, pp445301 (2011), has been downloaded 250 times so far (from Oct.6 th to Oct. 30 th).
    This was achieved in 26 days from the date of publication.
    Across all IOP journals (>60 journals), only 10% of articles were accessed over 250 times this quarter (90 days).
    The paper can be found here: http://stacks.iop.org/0957-4484/22/445301
  • Prof. Stephen Chou elected to National Academy of Engineering (2007)
    Prof. Chou was cited for his "contributions to nanoscale patterning and to the scaling of electronic, photonic, magnetic and biological devices." Among other accomplishments, Chou is the inventor of a revolutionary technique to create the ultra-small features on computer chips using a nanometer-scale mold.
    See the report: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S17/11/41G97/