Scientists Create Light-Bending Nanoparticles
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 09:54
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metallic nanoparticles and other structures can manipulate light in ways that are not possible with conventional optical materials. In a recent example of this, Rice University researchers discovered that cup-shaped gold nanostructures can bend light in a controllable way. The cups act like three-dimensional nano-antennas.