Quantum mechnical filmstocks and plasmonic super lenses.

[carllooper]

Whether it could be used in a filmstock I wouldn't have a clue, but I love the idea of filmstock made from some really cheap resource. I came across a reference to cheap synthesised diamond dust. The essential ingredient of diamond is carbon so it's not as if there would be any problem on the supply side there.

Now diamonds (artifical or otherwise) have an impurity that's been discovered called "nitrogen vacancies" (NV) [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen-vacancy_center ]. NVs are currently being investigated for use in quantum computers. But I notice the NVs have photonic capabilities that might be useful in an application such as film stock.

Closer to reality are super lenses. I want one for my bolex when they arrive:

http://www.gizmag.com/consumer-superlen ... ope/21109/

[marc]

You might find substitutes for silver but nothing will ever match it. Silver is unsurpased in many of it's physical properties. It is also the most electrically conductive metal on earth in that it has the least amount of electrical resistance than any metal.