Düsseldorf, Germany — Liquid silicone rubber is a key material used in new adaptive driving beam headlights, which automatically shine less light on occupied areas of the road and more light on ...

Tunability in lenses typically requires bulky components, but researchers have created a metasurface lens that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied.

Optical metamaterials are ready for initial commercial deployment and will command a market worth several billion dollars by 2030. Those are two of the main conclusions from the latest market report ...