Optical Components and Optics Reference Materials
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Fast and continuous microorganism detection using aptamer-conjugated fluorescent nanoparticles on an optofluidic platform
Description: Fast and accurate pathogen detection in aquatic environments is challenging in many biomedical studies and microbial diagnostic applications. In this study, we developed a real-time, continuous, and ...
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Optical Trapping of Interfaces at Ultra-low Interfacial Tension
Description: We achieve active control of interfacial phenomena by optically trapping the interface using the gradient forces of a strongly focussed laser beam parallel to the interface. We illustrate our ...
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Resolution of Imaging Systems
From: Shanghai OpticsDescription: Discover the secrets behind imaging systems' resolution, where optics alone won't dictate the outcome. Dive into the intricate interplay of components like lenses, sensors, and light sources, and ...
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Important Component Display for AR/MR/VR Part 2
From: Avantier Inc.Description: The secret to a high-quality and comfortable AR/VR experience lies in the optics of the display. Learn how lenses, mirrors, and waveguides are used to create near-eye and projection displays in AR/VR ...
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Optical Bonding
From: Dayoptics, Inc.Description: Dayoptics adopts the technology of optical bonding for manufacturing ordinary polarization beam-splitting cubes. These beam splitters are optically connected, which refers to the use of molecular ...
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Categories of Optical Crystalline Birefringence Polarizers
Description: An Optical Polarizer is an optical element that screens light and split it into two beams with a specific ratio according to its polarization state. This article unfolds a basic concept and working ...
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ABB-Built Optical Sensors on board Latest GHGSat Satellites to Detect Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Space
Description: GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully launched into orbit three additional methane satellites, carrying optical sensors built by ABB. ...
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Metallopeptide Based Mimics With Substituted Histidines Approximate a Key Hydrogen Bonding Network in the Metalloenzyme Nickel Superoxide Dismutase
Description: Nickel superoxide dismutase (NiSOD) is a recently discovered superoxide dismutase that utilizes the NiIII/NiII couple to facilitate the disproportionation of O2*- into H2O2 and O2. A key structural ...
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CENO FORJ apply to the Tanks and Armoured Vehicles
Description: The fiber optic slip ring from CENO is also commonly used in tanks and armored vehicles due to its large and stable data transfer capability. In the unmanned turret of new tanks and armored vehicles ...
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Balancing Intermediate State Decay Rates for Efficient Pr3+ Visible-to-UVC Upconversion: The case of B-Y,SiO:Pr3+
Description: Materials that convert visible light into ultraviolet radiation have recently been studied for potential application to new catalytic and antimicrobial technologies. Conversion efficiencies of ...
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The Prospect and Advantages of Infrared Germanium(Ge) Optics
Description: This article discussed the material properties of single-crystal germanium (Ge) and the prospect of infrared germanium optics(germanium windows, germanium lens, germanium domes) through stating and ...
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Lossless Image Compression Example
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Do you know how to reduce the size of large image files without sacrificing details in scientific images through lossless compression? Learn how Shannon entropy and arithmetic encoding can be used to ...
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Case Study: Infrared Lens Design
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Designing an infrared lens for scientific equipment can be a complex process. For one client, Avantier was able to apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles to overcome two major manufacturing ...
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Introduction to Microscopes and Objective Lenses
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Microscopes magnify objects and reveal hidden details. They consist of lenses, filters, polarizers, and beamsplitters. Magnification and resolution are the two main specifications of a microscope. ...
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Infrared (IR) Lenses
From: Avantier Inc.Description: Avantier produces customized IR lenses for various industries such as defense, medical, research, and surveillance. We design and manufacture IR lenses for the near-infrared, short-wave infrared, ...
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Correlative Super-Resolution Fluorescence and Metal Replica
Description: We combine super-resolution localization fluorescence microscopy with transmission electron microscopy of metal replicas to locate proteins on the landscape of the cellular plasma membrane at the ...
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Waveplate Tutorial
From: Dayoptics, Inc.Description: Waveplates, also known as retardation-plates or phase shifters, are flat optical components designed to manipulatethe polarization state of light waves. They consist of a birefringent material, which ...
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Light Mediated Hydrogen Generation in Photosystem I Attachment of a Naphthoquinone-Molecular Wire-Pt Nanoparticle to the A1A and A1B Sites
Description: The molecular wire-appended naphthoquinone 1-[15-(3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone-2-yl)]pentadecyl disulfide [(NQ(CH2)15S)2] has been incorporated into the A1A and A1B sites of Photosystem I (PS I) in the ...
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Measurement of the HyperOne Quenching Rate of the Clock Transition in171Yb
Description: Photochromic LC-polymer composites containing azobenzene chromophores with thermally stableZ-isomers. Confocal laser method for quantitative evaluation of critical optical properties of toric ...
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Seeing the Future: How Machine Vision Is Revolutionising Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: A subfield of artificial intelligence (AI), machine vision is advancing quickly and has the capacity to revolutionise many industries worldwide. Since it heavily relies on visual processing, it is no ...
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A Comparison of Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicators for Imaging Local Ca2+ Signals in Cultured Cells
Description: Localized subcellular changes in Ca2+ serve as important cellular signaling elements, regulating processes as diverse as neuronal excitability and gene expression. Studies of cellular Ca2+ signaling ...
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A NIR-to-NIR Upconversion Luminescence System for Security Printing Applications
Description: A covert print-and-read system is demonstrated based on NIR-to-NIR upconversion luminescence. Inks activated with Yb3+/Tm3+ doped ß-NaYF4 upconversion nanoparticles were used to print covert ...
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How To Engrave A Beer Mug With A Handle
Description: This post will focus on engraving a beer mug with a handle, which can be tricky but relatively easy to do once the procedure is completed with the correct tools. ...
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Exciting Fluorescence Compounds on an Optical Fiber's Side Surface with a Liquid Core Waveguide
Description: A new fiber optic fluorescence spectroscopic method using a liquid core waveguide (LCW) as an excitation element has been developed for detecting a fluorescence compound absorbed on an optical fiber's ...
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Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Spectrometry Using a Dual Optical Fiber Sample Cell
Description: A novel total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) spectrometric technique using a dual optical fiber sample cell was developed. A conventional silica optical fiber was used for exciting ...
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Pumping up Productivity: How Robotics are Used in the Oil and Gas Industry
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Robotics and automation have greatly enhanced the development of oil and gas by improving maintenance and repair, production efficiency, and safety monitoring. These systems are often equipped with ...
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FLOWCELL---Assist PCR
From: Foctek Photonics, Inc.Description: With the normalization of COVID-19 prevention and control, PCR has become a part of people's daily life. Accurate and rapid identification of infected person is the key to epidemic prevention and ...
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Knight Optical: What is a Cobot? Bridging the Gap Between Robots and Humans
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: As we reflect on history, we can observe numerous systems with resemblances to robots. In fact, some concepts of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are speculated to date back to ancient times. ...
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A FRET-Facilitated Photoswitching Using an Orange Fluorescent Protein with the Fast Photoconversion Kinetics
Description: Fluorescent proteins photoswitchable with noncytotoxic light irradiation and spectrally distinct from multiple available photoconvertible green-to-red probes are in high demand. We have developed a ...
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One-step Synthesis of ZnO Nanosheets: A Blue-White Fluorophore
Description: Zinc oxide is synthesised at low temperature (80°C) in nanosheet geometry using a substrate-free, single-step, wet-chemical method and is found to act as a blue-white fluorophore. Investigation by ...
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Education Through the Lens: Optical Components for Medical Universities
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Scientific Optical Components play a crucial role in medical research and diagnosis in universities worldwide. In laboratories, they're used to examine biological specimens, create images, and perform ...
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Knight Optical: The Latest Developments in Lens Technology
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: As a forward-looking, global supplier of optical components for scientific and technological projects, Knight Optical strives to keep abreast of unique uses for its products as well as brand-new ...
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Yb:CALGO Crystal, A New Promising Laser Crystal for High Power Ultrafast Laser Applications
From: CASTECH, Inc.Description: It is well known that the laser, one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, has been described as "the brightest light", "the most accurate ruler" and "the fastest knife "[1]. So what are ...
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A Uconversion Luminescene Biosensor Based on Dual-Signal Amplification for the Detection of Short DNA Species of c-erbB-2 Oncogene
Description: High-sensitivity detection of trace amounts of c-erbB-2 oncogene was reported to be equal to or surpass the ability of CA 15-3 for early diagnosis and/or follow-up recurrent screening of breast ...
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Dual Color Single Particle Tracking via Nanobodies
Description: Single particle tracking is a powerful tool to investigate the function of biological molecules by following their motion in space. However, the simultaneous tracking of two different species of ...
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Microfluidic Droplet Enrichment for Targeted Sequencing
Description: Targeted sequence enrichment enables better identification of genetic variation by providing increased sequencing coverage for genomic regions of interest. Here, we report the development of a new ...
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RheoSpeckle: A New Tool to Investigate Local Flow and Microscopic Dynamics of Soft Matter Under Shear
Description: To investigate the interplay between microscopic dynamics and macroscopic rheology in soft matter, we couple a stress-controlled-rheometer equipped with a Couette cell to a light scattering setup in ...
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An Integrated Microfluidic System for Counting of CD4+/CD8+T Lymphocytes
Description: This study reports on an integrated microfluidic system capable of counting CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes from a whole blood sample, which may be further applied for the rapid screening of the human ...
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Serial Line Scan Encoding Imaging Cytometer for Both Adherent and Suspended Cells
Description: We present a new design of an imaging cytometer for high content bioanalysis, which is equipped with a low-cost linear complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager (running at =40kHz). The ...
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In the Spotlight: Calomel Infrared (IR) Polarisers
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Knight Optical, the leading supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested optics, is proud to announce that it now offers a new range of high-spec components, Calomel Infrared (IR) Polarisers. In this ...
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Flavoprotein miniSOG as a Genetically Encoded Photosensitizer for Cancer Cells
Description: Genetically encoded photosensitizers are a promising optogenetic instrument for light-induced production of reactive oxygen species in desired locations within cells in vitro or whole body in vivo. ...
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Micro Flow Cytometry Utilizing a Magnetic Bead based Immunoassay for Rapid Virus Detection
Description: The current study presents a new miniature microfluidic flow cytometer integrated with several functional micro-devices capable of viral sample purification and detection by utilizing a magnetic ...
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Handling and Safety Precautions for High Power Semiconductor Diode Lasers
From: SemiNex CorporationDescription: The following note is to help facilitate a successful experience with operating high power semiconductor lasers. Areas to be covered by this note are: ESD handling, Laser Safety, and Fiber handling ...
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Workmanship Standards for High Power InP-based Diode Lasers
From: SemiNex CorporationDescription: The following note is to help partners and customers to understand the importance and the purpose of the workmanship standards for high power laser diodes of Indium Phosphide (InP) based material. It ...
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Optical Components at The Movies!
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Here at Knight Optical, some of our premium-quality optical components have played a key role in shooting some of the world's most legendary blockbuster movies, not to mention addictive TV programmes, ...
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Integrated Micro-Optofluidic Platform for Real-Time Detection of Airborne Microorganisms
Description: We demonstrate an integrated micro-optofluidic platform for real-time, continuous detection and quantification of airborne microorganisms. Measurements of the fluorescence and light scattering from ...
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Introduction to CENO Conductive Slip Ring
Description: Conductive slip ring belong to the application category of electric contact sliding connection, it is also called collector ring, or rotating joint, rotating electrical interface, slip ring, collector ...
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Three-Dimensional Image Cytometer Based on Widefield Structured Light Microscopy and High-Speed Remote Depth Scanning
Description: A high throughput 3D image cytometer have been developed that improves imaging speed by an order of magnitude over current technologies. This imaging speed improvement was realized by combining ...
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COP27: More Innovations & Next-Generation Tech on The Horizon
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: One year on from COP26, and, once again, there have been significant sea changes that have sent waves throughout the world. Long gone are the crippling concerns associated with COVID-19 and social ...
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Optical Basics: Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, Astigmatism
Description: This article is an introduction to different kinds of optical aberrations including Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, and Astigmatism, the basic definition and the principle of, and ...
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Steering Light: What is the Difference Between 2-Axis Galvo Scanners and Single Mirror 2-Axis Scanners
Description: When it comes to steering light precisely in two dimensions, optical system designers have several established technologies at their disposal. Examples include galvanometer mirror scanners (galvo ...
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What are Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, Astigmatism
Description: This article is an introduction to different kinds of optical aberrations including Chromatic Aberration, Field Curvature, Distortion, and Astigmatism, the basic definition and the principle of, and ...
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How Do Fiber Optic Cables Work? Your Question Answered
From: Belden Inc.Description: As the use of fiber continues to increase, the industry naturally grows more curious about it. As a result, we’re fielding more inquiries about fiber functionality. One question we hear ...
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Supplementary Materials for Dense Transcript Profiling in Single Cells by Image Correlation Decoding
Description: Sequential barcoded fluorescent in situ hybridization (seqFISH) allows large numbers of molecular species to be accurately detected in single cells, but multiplexing is limited by the density of ...
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Towards PDT with Genetically Encoded Photosensitizer KillerRed: A Comparison of Continuous and Pulsed Laser Regimens in an Animal Tumor Model
Description: The strong phototoxicity of the red fluorescent protein KillerRed allows it to be considered as a potential genetically encoded photosensitizer for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. The ...
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Year in Review: 2022's Top New and Emerging Technologies
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: With another year over and more global issues to address, not only are there many technologies and innovations to reflect on this year, but there are also exciting new developments on the horizon for ...
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How to Choose your Optical Components?
Description: The first and foremost item to consider is the optical material. Important factors include homogeneity, stress birefringence, and bubbles; all of these affect product quality, performance, and ...
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Assessing the Effect of Laser Beam Width on Quantitative Evaluation of Optical Properties of Intraocular Lens Implants
Description: The design and manufacture of intraocular lenses (IOLs) depend upon the identification and quantitative preclinical evaluation of key optical properties and environmental parameters. The confocal ...
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Microscope-Based Label-Free Microfluidic Cytometry
Description: A microscope-based label-free microfluidic cytometer capable of acquiring two dimensional light scatter patterns from single cells, pattern analysis of which determines cellular information such as ...
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Closing the Skills Gap and Meeting Housing Demand?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: With a global housing crisis on our hands - particularly an undersupply in England, where we're also suffering from a skills shortage in the construction industry - there's high demand for new-build ...
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Assessing Molecular Biomarkers in Living Mice Using Fluorescence Microendoscopy and Spectroscopy
Description: Assessment of molecular biomarkers expressed in cells and tissues can inform scientists and clinicians of physiological and disease processes. Optical techniques can quantitatively and noninvasively ...
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Targeted Vertical Cross-Sectional Imaging with Handheld Near-Infrared Dual Axes Confocal Fluorescence Endomicroscope
Description: We demonstrate vertical cross-sectional (XZ-plane) images of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence with a handheld dual axes confocal endomicroscope that reveals specific binding of a Cy5.5-labeled peptide ...
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Confocal Laser Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Critical Optical Properties of Toric Intraocular Lenses
Description: Purpose: To present a proof-of-concept study on the development and implementation of an innovative confocal laser method platform for precise quantitative evaluation of critical optical properties ...
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How 3D Printing Is Changing the World
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: It wasn't too long ago that 3D printing was perceived as a thing of the far-off future. Just take yourself back to 2001 when "the future of palaeontology" was presented to movie-goers when a ...
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Photochromic LC-polymer Composites Containing Azobenzene Chromophores with Thermally Stable Z-isomers
Description: Novel types of photochromic liquid crystalline (LC) polymer-based composites containing chiral photochromic azobenzene moieties were elaborated. For this purpose, a new chiral azobenzene-containin g ...
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Picture-Perfect Underwater Photography Shots : Dome Ports Vs Flat Ports
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There's an endless list of difficulties to encounter when working in underwater environments, especially for imaging and photography applications. Whether it's a handheld underwater camera for ...
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The Next Step in Optical Interconnectivity for the Defense Industry
From: Smiths InterconnectDescription: Optical interconnectivity has a significant impact on the defense industry. Not only does it allow greater amounts of data to be passed over longer distances, but it also minimizes SWaP (size, weight, ...
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Graffiti Shield Case Study
From: Trotec Laser, Inc.Description: Graffiti Shield found a single source solution in Trotec's laser machine. The SP2000 allowed to increase the cut quality to meet OEM standards, accommodate anti-graffiti shield sheet sizes for large ...
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High-Resolution Simultaneous Voltage and Ca2+ Imaging
Description: Combining voltage and Ca2+ imaging allows the correlation of electrical and chemical activity at sub-cellular level. Here we describe a novel apparatus designed to obtain simultaneous voltage and Ca2+ ...
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What Are Fresnel Lenses Used For?
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: You may know them best for their original use in lighthouses, where they're famously recognised as "the invention that saved a million ships". Or perhaps you initially think of their employment in ...
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Asphaltene Adsorption onto an Iron Surface: Combined Near-Infrared (NIR), Raman, and AFM Study of the Kinetics Thermodynamics and Layer Structure
Description: A combination of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, Raman microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to analyze the adsorption behavior of petroleum macromolecules (asphaltenes) on an iron ...
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The Electrophysiological Properties of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels on Cultivated Porcine Retinal Ganglion Cells Irradiated with Continuous Near-Infrared Laser
Description: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of continuous near-infrared (CNI) laser to potassium ion channels on retinal ganglion cell (RGC). METHODS: Experiment study. Porcine RGC was cultured with ...
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PowerFilm Releases Classic Application Series Solar Panels
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: Electronic Component Solar Panels help fast-track an integrated solar project from concept to prototype to production. These Classic Application Series panels offer a new opportunity to solve the old ...
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PowerFilm Releases New Indoor Light Series Solar Panels
From: PowerFilm, Inc.Description: The Electronic Component Product Family is perfectly positioned to fast-track an integrated solar project from concept to prototype to production. Indoor Light Series Solar Panels open new ...
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Guidelines on How to Find a Filter or Coating that Meets your Specific Need
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Below are some guidelines as to how best to find a filter or coating that meets your specific need. The most significant characters in the SKU are the 2 nd through 5 th characters. These define the ...
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High Optical Speed Filters
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: A principal limitation to the use of optical filters is that they are most effective when used in a collimated beam of light. This requires that for optimum performance the filter can not accept a ...
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How Filters are Made
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Optical interference filters are made by depositing a complex stack of atomic-dimension layers on a support substrate. When a substrate is coated with a material of refractive index different from the ...
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Long-Lived Optical Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Optical thin-film coatings and filters are remarkably high in performance as well as long-lived products. From an efficiency perspective, optical filters can isolate a transmitted wavelength band with ...
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Pros and Cons of Surface (Hard) and Protected (Soft) Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Most contemporary optical coatings are made of refractory oxides of certain metals. Typically, Al, Si, Ti, Ta, Hf, Nb, and other oxides are deposited by either an evaporation process or a sputtering ...
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Understanding the Limitations of Optical Coatings
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Most optical coatings are thin transparent dielectric materials. The performance they achieve is due to the conditions of destructive and constructive interference of light as it attempts to pass ...
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UV Photography using a 375 LED Flashlight
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: Although this photography is in the UV spectrum, it is a very long wavelength UV known as UV-A, and therefore will not give the full range of spectral reflective/absorptiv e information that is ...
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Visible & IR Beam Combiners
From: Rapid Spectral SolutionsDescription: In applications in which an assortment of Visible and IR lasers needs to be co-linearly combined, or a signal of IR and Visible information needs to be resolved, a beam combiner is required. ...
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Au-PLA Nanocomposites for Photothermally Controlled Drug Delivery
Description: Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems were obtained by encapsulating near-infrared (NIR) sensitive hollow gold nanoshells (HGNs) together with the molecule to be released into biodegradable ...
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Synthesis of Magnetic, Fluorescent and Mesoporous Core-shell-structured Nanoparticles for Imaging, Targeting and Photodynamic Therapy
Description: A synthetic method to prepare novel multifunctional core-shell-structured mesoporous silica nanoparticles for simultaneous magnetic resonance (MR) and fluorescence imaging, cell targeting and ...
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Advantages and Applications of Sapphire Windows
Description: Sapphire Windows excel in windows made from other glass counterparts, especially in the aspects of superior surface hardness, durable qualities, and versatile functionalities. This article discusses ...
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Paving the Way for Industry 5.0 and Cobots
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Currently, we're reaping the benefits from the implementation of Industry 4.0 applications, which has seen brand-new technological innovations and cyber-physical systems brought in to help ...
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Firing of Hippocampal Neurogliaform Cells Induces Suppression of Synaptic Inhibition
Description: Little is known about how neuron firing recorded in vivo retrogradely influences synaptic strength. We injected the firing of a rat hippocampal neurogliaform cell (NGFC), a widely expressed GABAergic ...
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Intrinsic Electrophysiology of Mouse Corticospinal Neurons: a Class-Specific Triad of Spike-Related Properties
Description: Corticospinal pyramidal neurons mediate diverse aspects of motor behavior. We measured spike-related electrophysiological properties of identified corticospinal neurons in primary motor cortex slices ...
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Singlemode or Multimode Fiber: Demystifying the Differences
From: Belden Inc.Description: As more enterprise and data center applications call for data transmission requirements across longer distances, fiber cables step in to save the day. They can support data transmission across much ...
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Exploration of Current Sapphire Window Production Techniques
Description: This article is an in-depth exploration of the existing sapphire window production techniques and the prospect of innovation in the sapphire window production market. The article covers the growth ...
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Metaverse Companies: The World of the Virtually Limitless Possibilities
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: There are big plans for the metaverse in the coming years, with many metaverse companies on the rise. It is set to revolutionise how we live, and there's so much confidence in the technology that the ...
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Glutamatergic Signaling by Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens
Description: Recent evidence suggests the intriguing possibility that midbrain dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons may use fast glutamatergic transmission to communicate with their postsynaptic targets. Because of ...
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Optogenetic Inhibition of Dorsal Medial Prefrontal Cortex Attenuates Stress-Induced Reinstatement of Palatable Food Seeking in Female Rats
Description: Optogenetics is a booming multidisciplinary bioengineering technology. It has the characteristic of high spatial-temporal resolution and cell-type specific. It overcomes the disadvantages of ...
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Answers to the Most Common Questions About Laser Engravers
Description: The engraving industry is on the cusp of a technological revolution. The advent of laser engraving now allows for much more efficient engraving at lower costs. Soon engraving machines will be ...
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Subsea Technologies: Optical Components in Deep Waters
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Without the development of subsea technologies, much of the knowledge and supplies we have today simply wouldn't be available. This includes elements such as important findings from deep-sea ...
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Remote Activation of Biomolecules in Deep Tissues using Near-Infrared-to-UV Upconversion Nanotransducers
Description: Controlled activation or release of biomolecules is very crucial in various biological applications. Controlling the activity of biomolecules have been attempted by various means and controlling the ...
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Viral Vector-Based Techniques for Optogenetic Modulation In Vivo
Description: Optogenetics is a technical methodology that allows direct light-based manipulation of genetically specified cells. Optogenetic methods have provided novel insights into the role of defined neuronal ...
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Laser Variety: Different Types of Optical Lasers & Their Applications
From: Knight Optical (UK) LtdDescription: Knight Optical - an international, leading supplier of high-precision, metrology-tested optical components - works with a diverse range of global laser manufacturers. Here, the optics specialist runs ...
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Distal Connectivity Causes Summation and Division Across Mouse Visual Cortex (Nature Neuroscience, 2014,Volume:17,Pages: 30-32)
Description: Neurons in different locations across the cortex are connected through polysynaptic networks involving both excitation and inhibition. To probe the functional effect of such networks, we used ...
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Is a Fiber Laser Better Than a CO2 Laser?
Description: For any trade that involves any kind of cutting, engraving, or etching, the owner will face the decision of which kind of laser to purchase for his work. ...