News tagged with selenide
Engineers discover nanoscale balancing act that mirrors forces at work in living systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- A delicate balance of atomic forces can be exploited to make nanoparticle superclusters that are uniform in size---an attribute that's important for many nanotech applications but hard to ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts
Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 18, 2011 |
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'Quantum coaxial cable': Device proves solar cell potential of high bandgap inorganic nanowire arrays
A report, published in the March 14 edition of the Journal of Materials Chemistry, announced the successful fabrication and testing of a new type solar cell using an inorganic core/shell nanowire structure.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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New kind of optical fiber developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide -- a light-yellow ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Flares on the move: Nanoparticle test kit shows how nanoparticles of different size disperse in tumor tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles play a significant role in the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for tumors, for example as transporters for drugs or as contrast agents. Absorption ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Good vibrations: New atom-scale products on horizon
The generation of an electric field by the compression and expansion of solid materials is known as the piezoelectric effect, and it has a wide range of applications ranging from everyday items such as watches, ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Watching the Tug of War between Structure and Superconductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like Clark Kent, who often forgoes his social life to become Superman, materials that become superconducting must sacrifice at least one of their natural properties to attain the ability to ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Defining the Design Rules for Targeted Nanoparticles Used To Image Tumors
One of the challenges of using nanoparticles for imaging tumors during surgery is that there needs to be a tradeoff between the number of nanoparticles that target a tumor and the rapid clearance of any unbound nanoparticles ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2010 |
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Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
German scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Let there be light: Teaching magnets to do more than just stick around
(PhysOrg.com) -- That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells
Though the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead been looking at panels that can harvest ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Bristly Spheres as Capsules
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amphiphilic molecules, which have one water-friendly (hydrophilic) end and one water-repellant (hydrophobic) end, spontaneously aggregate in aqueous solutions to make superstructures like ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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