Our work on piconewton to micronewton force sensing using new photon avalanching nanoparticles was published in Nature

Columbia Affiliations

January 01, 2025

Congrats to lead author Dr. Natalie Fardian-Melamed on this breakthrough paper, titled "Infrared nanosensors of piconewton to micronewton forces" - a collaboration with the groups of Jordan Gerton, Bruce Cohen and Emory Chan . A press release summarizing the work can be found here.

Applying force to "pre-ANPs" induces photon avalanching, leading to bright emission

Our work on piconewton to micronewton force sensing using new photon avalanching nanoparticles was published in Nature

Jim published a News and Views article in Nature about recent breakthroughs in electrically pumping luminescence in lanthanide-based nanoparticles

Our demonstration of the first nonlinear metasurface made from 3R-stacked 2D semiconductors was published Nature Photonics

Our paper showing efficient photon pair generation from periodically poled TMDs over microscopic length scales has now been published in Nature Photonics

Our work on piconewton to micronewton force sensing using new photon avalanching nanoparticles was published in Nature

Our paper on the first realization of fully photoswitchable all-inorganic nanoparticles, demonstrating perfect photostability and NIR response, was published in Nature.

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