ESOMAT 2015 oral presentation award goes to H. Oßmer from IMT For his presentation „Elastocaloric cooling by ultra-low fatigue SMA films“ Ph.D. student H. Oßmer (second from right) was granted the award for the best oral presentation of a student at the ESOMAT 2015 in Antwerp (Belgium). |
Micrometer-Sized Plasmonic Modulator for Energy Efficient Optical Communication In the nature Photonics magazine, researchers of KIT and ETH present a device of only 10 µm in length, which converts digital electrical into optical signals at a rate of up to 72 GBit/s. It is the most compact high-speed plasmonic modulator in the world. More… |
Researchers of IMT Explain Transparency of Butterfly Wings Irregular Nanostructures on the Transparent Wing of the Glasswing Butterfly (Greta Oto) Prevent the Reflection of Light – Publication in Nature Communications – Researchers of IMT Plan Applications More… |
TRUST – Jonty Hurwitz’ s Nano Sculpture of a Woman In collaboration with the British artist Jonty Hurwitz an the KNMF (KNMF) a sculpture of a woman with a height of only about 100 µm was made in IMT’ s laboratories. For pictures and a CNN video from the making of please visit: www.jontyhurwitz.com/nano/ |