Case Western Reserve University

A revolutionary optical coating developed by Case Western Reserve University physicists to extend solar panel life, increase data storage & improve anti-counterfeiting measures. Collaborators from MIT, the University of Arizona & University of Rochester applied findings from Italian physicist Ugo Fano to produce vivid, pure colors. Published in Nature Communications.

For greater than a century, optical finishings have actually been made use of to better reflect specific wavelengths of light from lenses and also various other tools or, on the other hand, to far better transfer certain wavelengths with them. As an example, the finishings on colored eyeglasses mirror, or "block out," damaging blue light and also ultraviolet rays.