Electron-behaving nanoparticles rock current understanding of matter
It's not an electron. But it sure does act like one.
Nanophysics
Jun 20, 2019
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News tagged with colloidal particles
Scientists offer designer 'big atoms' on demand
In the not-so-distant future, researchers may be able to build atoms to your specifications with the click of a button. It's still the stuff of science fiction, but a team at the University of Colorado Boulder reports that ...
Materials Science
May 29, 2019
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Study confirms the precise nature of fractional crystallization in hard sphere mixtures
Although several past studies have investigated the formation of crystals from identical particles, the conditions under which non-uniform particles crystallize and the crystals resulting from this process are still poorly ...
A universal description of non-equilibrium colloid phase separation
Liquids, with their flowing dynamics, are often far from equilibrium. This makes it particularly hard to model processes in soft matter or living tissue, which contain liquids. New research from the University of Tokyo's ...
General Physics
Apr 3, 2019
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Magic number colloidal clusters
Complexity in nature often results from self-assembly, and is considered particularly robust. Compact clusters of elemental particles can be shown to be of practical relevance, and are found in atomic nuclei, nanoparticles ...
General Physics
Dec 14, 2018
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Tiny vortices driven by magnetic fields might be able to move microscopic particles
In The Wizard of Oz, a tornado picks up Dorothy's house and moves it far away. A bit farfetched, right? But scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory think that, on a much smaller scale, tiny ...
General Physics
Sep 28, 2018
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Using lignin to replace fossil materials
Ball-like lignin particles developed by researchers open up completely new possibilities for the utilisation of lignin.
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2018
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Researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals
MIT engineers have united the principles of self-assembly and 3-D printing using a new technique, which they highlight today in the journal Advanced Materials.
Nanomaterials
Aug 30, 2018
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Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about the size of a human egg cell, consist ...
Nanophysics
Jul 23, 2018
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Simulations document self-assembly of proteins and DNA
What makes particles self-assemble into complex biological structures? Often, this phenomenon is due to the competition between forces of attraction and repulsion, produced by electric charges in various sections of the particles. ...
General Physics
Mar 28, 2018
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