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Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

12 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes are exciting for fundamental physics, and for potential technological applications," Nadya Mason tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we are generally limited in the way that we can study them. ...

Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Nov 19, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Vibrations in nanostructures offer applications in molecular-scale biological sensing and ultrasensitive mass detection. To approach single-atom sensing, it is necessary to reduce the dimensions of the structures ...