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New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals

New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution ...





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Full 3-D image of nanocrystals' interior created by shining X-rays through them

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 05, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (24) | comments 0

A vital step towards the ultimate goal of being able to take 'photographs' of individual molecules in action has been achieved by an international team led by UCL (University College London) researchers at the London Centre ...


Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen Measured in Soft Tissues

Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen Measured in Soft Tissues

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Coherent X-ray Diffraction patterns of collagen in soft tissues have been measured for the first time by Dr Felisa Berenguer at the London Centre for Nanotechnology with her colleagues.


Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction.


Ordered Water: Just how much water is there in calcined gypsum?

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gypsum was used as a building material in antiquity and is still widely used as a binder in plaster, drywall, and spackling paste. Known as dihydrate in construction chemistry, gypsum is a water-containing ...


Measurement technique probes surface structure of gold nanocrystals

Measurement technique probes surface structure of gold nanocrystals

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a surprisingly ...


Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light

Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (51) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ...


On a wire or in a fiber, a wave is a wave

On a wire or in a fiber, a wave is a wave

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 13, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 0

In an experiment modeled on the classic “Young’s double slit experiment” and published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have powerfully reinforced the understanding that surface plasmon polari ...


Microscope Sees  with Nanoscale Resolution

Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (74) | comments 4

Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond.


Helium atoms sent by nozzle may light way for new imaging approach

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 26, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A newly devised nozzle fitted with a pinhole-sized capillary has allowed researchers to distribute helium atoms with X-ray-like waves on randomly shaped surfaces. The technique could power the development of a new microscope ...


Complex order parameter in ruthenate superconductors confirmed

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 27, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Since it was discovered to be superconducting over a decade ago, the pairing symmetry of strontium ruthenium oxide has been widely explored and debated. Now, a team of researchers led by Dale Van Harlingen at the University ...



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