Sources of incandescence emit their radiation across a broad spectrum. The finding that metamaterials can be used to tune the sources' emission spectrum makes these emitters an attractive prospect ...

Let us now praise incandescence—and, while we’re at it, let’s damn fluorescence. Last year a woman compiling a unique kind of anthology asked me for a contribution. She was getting a number ...

Recent theoretical and experimental studies have indicated the existence of a new stable phase of carbon with mixed sp2 and sp3 hybridized bonds—diaphite. Such a two-layered structure with sp2 ...