A novel chip-scale instrument made from carbon nanotubes may
simplify absolute measurements of laser power. Developers of the
unit at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) say it may prove especially useful for measuring light
signals transmitted by optical fibers in telecom networks. After
the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Andre Geim and
Konstantin Novoselov "for groundbreaking experiments regarding
the two-dimensional material graphene," even more research and
development efforts have been focused on two-dimensional
nanostructures. Illustrating the importance of this area in
future applications, Two-Dimensional Nanostructures covers the
fabrication methods and properties of these materials. While the
interdisciplinary field of materials science and engineering is
relatively new, remarkable developments in materials have
emerged for biological and medical applications, from
biocompatible polymers in medical devices to the use of carbon
nanotubes as drug delivery vehicles. Exp