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New rotors could help develop nanoscale generators
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a molecular structure that could help create current-generating machines at the nanoscale.
Held together by metal-metal bonds: a large ring containing 36 gold atoms
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 14, 2008 |
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Chinese researchers have recently made a “golden crown” with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of researchers from ...
Golden scales: Nanoscale mass sensor from Berkeley can be used to weigh individual atoms and molecules
Jul 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There's a new "gold standard" in the sensitivity of weighing scales. Using the same technology with which they created the world's first fully functional nanotube radio, researchers with Berkeley ...
Oxygen in place of chlorine: Towards a more environmentally friendly propylene oxide synthesis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Propylene oxide is an important bulk chemical that is used primarily in the production of polyurethane plastics. Currently, propylene oxide is usually made from propylene (propene) in a process that uses ...
Study reveals principles behind stability and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters
Jul 14, 2008 |
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A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoc ...
Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles
Nov 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
One nano-step closer to weighing a single atom
Jul 27, 2009 |
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By studying gold nanoparticles with highly uniform sizes and shapes, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single atom.
Graphene Used As Floating-Molecular Carpet To Ornament It With 24-Carat Gold 'Snowflakes'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics applications, Kansas State University engineers made a golden discovery -- gold "snowflakes" on graphene.
Purifying nanorods: Big success with tiny cleanup
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Chemists at Rice University have discovered a novel method to produce ultra-pure gold nanorods -- tiny, wand-like nanoparticles that are being studied in dozens of labs worldwide for applications as broad as diagnosing disease ...
New method can capture catalysis, one molecule at a time
Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events.
Scientists discover magnetic superatoms
Jun 15, 2009 |
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A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a 'magnetic superatom' - a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table - that one day may be used to ...
Chemistry research could produce faster computers
Jul 11, 2006 |
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Chemists at the University of Liverpool are helping to create future electronics based on molecules for faster and smaller computers.
Nano sculptures in gold
Aug 01, 2008 |
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If someone is charged up, the colour of their face might change, but they don't immediately pull off one of their arms, only to reattach it as a third leg. With some molecules, however, the situation is quite ...
Gold catalysts are 'hot' because their electrons are heavy, chemist proposes
Mar 23, 2007 |
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A University of California, Berkeley, chemist has found a mother lode of new and unique gold-catalyzed reactions by applying Einstein's theory of relativity to the rare and precious metal.
Physicists discover gold can be magnetic on the nanoscale
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster changes ...
