News tagged with particle film

Blocked holes can enhance rather than stop light going through

Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it, but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true. A research team has found that placing ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Trouble with sputter? Blame giant nanoparticles

When you tear open a bag of potato chips or pop in a DVD, you're probably putting your hand on sputter deposition. No, don't run for the soap.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

50 TB Per Tape Cartridge: Japanese Researchers Develop Ultra High Capacity Tape Media

Hitachi Maxell and Tokyo Institute of Technology today jointly announced the development of ultra high capacity tape media with ultra thin nano-structured magnetic film by using of facing targets sputtering ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Watching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films

(PhysOrg.com) -- To make thin films for semiconductors in electronic devices, layers of atoms must be grown in neat, crystalline sheets. But while some materials grow smooth crystals, others tend to develop ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough with light could help viral research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method using the force of light to gently trap, manipulate and study tiny, active objects as miniscule as viruses -- opening doors to expanded viral research.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Self-destructing messages: Light-reactive coatings make metal nanoparticles into inks for self-erasing paper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who like to watch spy movies like “Mission Impossible” are familiar with the self-destructing messages that inform the secret agents of the details of their mission and then dissolve in a puff of smoke. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Protecting wine grapes from heat and drought

Deficit irrigation is an agricultural technique used to achieve a variety of results depending on the crop. For white wine grapes, it balances the crop load by limiting the canopy size so there aren't too ...

Biology /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0