New optoelectronics chair appointed at Canadian university

e14news — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:37:17 GMT

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A scientist who specialises in optoelectronics has been appointed at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Giovanni Fanchini has been hired as the tier two Canada research chair in carbon-based nanomaterials and nano-optoelectronics. Upon his inauguration, Mr Fanchini said that the continued demand for the miniaturisation of technologies - such as those that improve the resolution of digital cameras - will be unsustainable without the introduction of new components with smaller dimensions and characteristics than those which are currently used. "Something has to give," he stated. Mr Fanchini is purported to address the current challenges associated with many nanomaterials - high production costs and difficulties manipulating them, for example - by assembling nano-devices from low-cost organic materials, such as plastics. This news comes after Strategy Analytics recently predicted that the market for optoelectronic components, such as transmission lasers, pump lasers and photodetectors, will grow to $3.9 billion (£2.4 billion) by 2013. !http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&itemid=19380728|alt=ADNFCR-1785-ID-19380728-ADNFCR|src=http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&itemid=19380728!