February 06, 2012 – A new ”extreme high resolution” scanning electron microscope (SEM) that provides sub-nanometer imaging capability was installed last month in the CALIT2 Microscopy Center. The center is part of UCI’s materials characterization user facility, the Laboratory fo

January 31, 2012 – Results of a new study by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Kansas suggest that, contrary to popular belief, greater amounts of innovation, productivity and social wealth may occur when infringers are simply required t

January 31, 2012 – Engineering professor and CALIT2 academic affiliate Kumar Wickramasinghe knows a thing or two about creating innovative laboratory tools. After all, he developed the vibrating mode atomic force microscope, as well as a variety of probes and tips, used in labs

January 20, 2012 – UC Irvine physics associate professor Philip Collins specializes in building tiny electronic circuits at the nanoscale – devices a fraction the size of a wavelength of light. These circuits aren’t visible to the naked eye; they can only be detected with high-p