The invention allows placing structures specifically in the centre of the depressions in the nanometer range. The specific binding in the centre is particularly suited for single-molecule applications, single-molecule sequencing and other high-throughput methods.
Unique nano-seals allow for forgery-proof object identification. Due to a combination of ion irradiation and simultaneous co-deposition of metal atoms a unique surface pattern is created. Its manufacturing process and its size of only a few square micrometers make it impossible to be reproduced, thus creating a forgery-proof identifier.
A method and components to fibre-couple multiple light sources in a highly efficient way is proposed. The new technique simplifies the process with which a side coupling arrangement for a double-cladded target fibre can be realized. In addition it improves the coupling efficiency compared to the so far existing state of the art.
Hybrid plasma-laser micro-structuring provides a tool for treating fused silica without the need for a time consuming preconditioning of the surface or the use of expensive vacuum-UV- respectively mid-wavelength-IR-lasers. The use of a hydrogenous plasma prior to the ablation process causes a temporary increase of the absorption in a more easily accessible wavelength region.
The invention describes a procedure to improve fluid mechanically the efficiency of chemical reactions and methods for emulsification and dispersion. This is done by generating hydrodynamically oscillating cavitations in a very efficient and homogenous way.