Self-Assembly of Unusual Nanoparticle Crystals

In particular, it will be important to strike an appropriate balance between the basic research needed to progress these ideas and the required industrialization of the techniques. As an example of this balance, European researchers have just been granted funds from the European Union to pursue the development of laser-driven electron accelerators into the GeV energy regime, with a view to creating reproducible monochromatic beams. Alongside this, a demonstration proton oncology laser system known as “Pro-Pulse ” is being pursued by a team led by the Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée (LOA) in France, with the goal of raising the energy of the proton beam to the required 70- to 250-MeV level. These two ambitious projects will help demonstrate whether laser acceleration of particles is a viable route for fundamental physics