News tagged with metal particles
Discovery about behavior of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Blocked holes can enhance rather than stop light going through
Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it, but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true. A research team has found that placing ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Hydrogen-rich Material Promises Advances in Energy Transmission, Fuel Storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint institute of SLAC and Stanford University, have produced a hydrogen-rich alloy that could provide insight into ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Writing in the journal Nature Physics, the academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Physicists demonstrate quantum plasmons in atomic-scale nanoparticles
Addressing a half-century-old question, engineers at Stanford have conclusively determined how collective electron oscillations, called plasmons, behave in individual metal particles as small as just a few nanometers in diameter. ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Research demonstrates method that allows inexpensive carbon materials to store hydrogen at room temperature
Hydrogen has long been considered a promising alternative to fossil fuels for powering cars, trucks and even homes. But one major obstacle has been finding lightweight, robust and inexpensive ways of storing the gas, whose ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Metal particle generates new hope for H2 energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny metallic particles produced by University of Adelaide chemistry researchers are bringing new hope for the production of cheap, efficient and clean hydrogen energy.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics
University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Light-absorbing nanowires may make better solar panels
(PhysOrg.com) -- A century after German physicist Gustav Mie derived the math to explain why the colors in some stained glass windows look especially resplendent in the sunlight, a team of Stanford engineers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Self-replication process holds promise for production of new materials
New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. The work, conducted by researchers in NYU's Departments of Chemistry ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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California to require sun-blocking car windows
New cars sold in California must include windshields that block or absorb the sun's rays beginning in 2012, the state's Air Resources Board recently ruled.
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Scientists shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite
The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite – an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets – has baffled ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Plasmonic nanocrosses that heat up when illuminated can be used to kill cancer
Plasmonic nanoparticles are extremely sensitive to light, and even the tiniest amount can cause these particles to heat up. Scientists are now trying to use plasmonic nanoparticles in cancer therapy whereby ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Bees helping to monitor air quality at German airports
(PhysOrg.com) -- Air quality around eight airports in Germany is being monitored with the help of bees, whose honey is tested regularly for toxins.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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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
Aug 26, 2009 |
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