Wavelike, collective oscillations of electrons known as "plasmons" are very important for determining the optical and electronic properties of metals.
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2020
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Selective powder sintering for 3-D printing has recently become an increasingly affordable solution for manufacturing made-to-order elements of almost any shape or geometry. This technique involves heating a bed of powder ...
Nanomaterials
May 7, 2020
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Quantum photonics involves a new type of technology that relies on photons, the elementary particle of light. These photons can potentially carry quantum bits of information over large distances. If the photon source could ...
General Physics
May 5, 2020
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Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This sensitive method amplifies SARS-CoV-2 RNA from patient swabs so that tiny amounts of ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 15, 2020
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A palette of colors on a silver plate: That is what the world's first color photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process was empirical, never explained, and quickly abandoned. ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2020
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Researchers from the MPSD and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in the United States have discovered a significant new fundamental kind of quantum electronic oscillation, or plasmon, in atomically thin materials. ...
General Physics
Feb 21, 2020
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A nanoscale gold butterfly provides a more precise route for growing/synthesizing nanosized semiconductors that can be used in nano-lasers and other applications.
Nanophysics
Feb 6, 2020
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Imaging at the scale of a single molecule has gained much recent research interest in diverse fields of molecular biology, physics and nanotechnology. Researchers have used super-resolution microscopy to access subdiffraction ...
Scientists designed and connected two different artificial cells to each other to produce molecules called ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the fundamental unit that all living things use to carry and provide energy to ...
Biochemistry
Nov 13, 2019
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Rice University scientists have found revealing information where light from a molecule meets light from a nanoparticle.
Nanomaterials
Oct 15, 2019
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