Will Nanobots Make Your Camera Take Better Pictures?
A team of scientists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland are currently conducting research in the advancement of digital imaging. This endeavor has been supported by a $740,000 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council of Scotland. The research will focus on a phenomenon known as surface plasmon resonance, which is “an effect exhibited by certain metals when light waves fall onto their surfaces.”
The scientists are hoping to delve into this surface plasmon resonance in order to find a way of creating patterns or even small nanostructures in the metal film of the CMOS sensors used in the study (the same CMOS found in standard digital cameras) which should theoretically result in higher quality images. If successful, the results of the study could have limitless potential to advance imaging technology, and could drastically change the state of camera phones and digital cameras as we know them.
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