News tagged with quantum chemistry
Twisted crystals point way toward active optical materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- A nanoscale game of "now you see it, now you don't" may contribute to the creation of metamaterials with useful optical properties that can be actively controlled, according to scientists ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Hints of universal behavior seen in exotic three-atom states
A novel type of inter-particle binding predicted in 1970 and observed for the first time in 2006, is forming the basis for an intriguing kind of ultracold quantum chemistry. Chilled to nano-kelvin temperatures, ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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New driving force for chemical reactions discovered
New research just published in the journal Science by a team of chemists at the University of Georgia and colleagues in Germany shows for the first time that a mechanism called tunneling control may drive chemical reacti ...
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Jun 09, 2011 |
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Move to the red! Design and synthesis of rigid fluorophores
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stable dyes with sharp absorption and fluorescence emission bands in the red or NIR region of the spectrum, combined with high molar absorption coefficients and high fluorescence quantum yields, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Multicolor quantum dots aid in cancer biopsy diagnosis
The tunable fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots make ideal tools for distinguishing and identifying rare cancer cells in tissue biopsies, Emory and Georgia Tech scientists have demonstrated.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when exposed to UV light. The findings, ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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