New “all-optical” nanoscale sensors of force (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

New “all-optical” nanoscale sensors of force

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Illustration of the atomic arrangement within a single lanthanide-doped nanocrystal. Each lanthanide ion can emit light . 

 

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