News tagged with gold surface

Researchers Holding Steady in an Atomic-Scale Tug-of-War

(PhysOrg.com) -- How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of -- let's say -- gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers create 3-D invisibility cloak: study

European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak", a study published Thursday in the US-based ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 6

All smoothed out: Hydroxyl radicals remove nanoscopic irregularities on polished gold surfaces

(PhysOrg.com) -- The precious metal gold is the material of choice for many technical applications because it does not corrode - and because it also has interesting electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. Gold is thus ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Harnessing nanopatterns: Tiny textures can produce big differences

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at MIT has uncovered new information about how nanoscale patterns on the surface of a material can produce significant changes in the way it interacts with liquids. The discovery ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New rotors could help develop nanoscale generators

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a molecular structure that could help create current-generating machines at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanoneedle is small in size, but huge in applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A New Family of Molecules for Self-Assembly: The Carboranes

(PhysOrg.com) -- To be useful in real-world applications, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of molecules on a surface must have a stable and controllable geometry. Researchers at Penn State and the Sigma-Aldrich ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Single-Molecule Magnets Open New Door for Information Technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by scientists in Italy and France shows that that single molecules have the ability to store information via their magnetic state. Their work is a first step toward a new generation ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 2 feature


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