News tagged with superstructures
Using light to build nanoparticles into superstructures
Scientists in the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Argonne's Biosciences Division have demonstrated a remarkably simple, elegant, and cost-effective way of assembling nanoparticles into larger structures ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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New math theories reveal the nature of numbers
For centuries, some of the greatest names in math have tried to make sense of partition numbers, the basis for adding and counting. Many mathematicians added major pieces to the puzzle, but all of them fell ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Highlight: Quasi-Crystalline Order at Nanoscale
Nanoparticles have a strong tendency to form periodic structures. Mixing and matching of two different types of nanoparticles allows the formation of binary nanoparticle superlattices isostructural to ionic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Nature's fine designs: Scientists find modern lessons in ancient creations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature and its bottom-up processes for creating robust and responsive materials are inspiring new generations of synthetic materials and creative design.
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Molecules wrestle for supremacy in creation of superstructures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Liverpool has found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical state of superstructures.
Aug 13, 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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Sophisticated nano-structures assembled with magnets (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- What do Saturn and flowers have in common? As shapes, both possess certain symmetries that are easily recognizable in the natural world. Now, at an extremely small level, researchers from ...
Feb 18, 2009 |
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