Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looking at the surface it's already copyrighted... Op 2-mei-06, om 22:38 heeft Adam Bridge het volgende geschreven: > Engadget reports at: > > <http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/02/japanese-reseachers-invent- > completely-transparent-material/> > > also via: > > <http://tinyurl.com/nsejm> > > Text of article: > > In a breakthrough that could benefit fields as diverse as networking, > photography, astronomy, and peeping, science-types at Japan's > Institute of Physical and Chemical Research have unveiled their > prototype of a glass-like material that they claim to be 100% > transparent. Unlike normal glass, which reflects some of the incoming > light, the new so-called metamaterial --composed of a grid of gold or > silver nanocoils embedded in a prism-shaped, glass-like material -- > uses its unique structural properties to achieve a negative refractive > index, or complete transparency. Although currently just a one-off > proof-of-concept (pictured, under an electron microscope), > mass-produced versions of the new material could improve fiber optic > communications, contribute to better telescopes and cameras, or lead > to the development of completely new optical equipment. > > The link shows an image of the surface via an electron microscope. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >