News tagged with gold coating

Under the influence of magnetic drugs

(Phys.org) -- For more than three decades scientists have been investigating magnetic nanoparticles as a method of drug delivery. Now by combining three metals - iron, gold and platinum - pharmacists at the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers create nanoscale gold coating with largest-ever superlattice (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick. These self-assembling gold coatings with features ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With a simple coating, nanowires show a dramatic increase in efficiency and sensitivity

By applying a coating to individual silicon nanowires, researchers at Harvard and Berkeley have significantly improved the materials' efficiency and sensitivity.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-destructing messages: Light-reactive coatings make metal nanoparticles into inks for self-erasing paper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who like to watch spy movies like “Mission Impossible” are familiar with the self-destructing messages that inform the secret agents of the details of their mission and then dissolve in a puff of smoke. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor. Photoacoustic imaging tomography ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0