News tagged with surface enhanced raman scattering
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. This capability presents new approaches for studying the biophysical and biomedical properties ...
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Killer pulses help characterize special surfaces
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Detecting deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills, and hidden explosives in baggage is becoming easier and more efficient with a measurement technique called surface-enhanced Raman scattering. To further improve ...
Gold Nanostars Outshine the Competition
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanoparticles being tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have researchers seeing stars. In a recent paper,* NIST scientists used surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ...
Gold nanostar shape of the future
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Rods, cones, cubes and spheres move aside. Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to medical diagnoses or testing for environmental contaminants.
Can silver nanoparticles be the key to a more compact laser?
Jun 09, 2008 |
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In random media, multiple scattering and interference reduce the diffusion of light, and in case of extremely strong scattering, photon localization, or Anderson localization of light, is predicted like electrons in glasses, ...
Medicine released from pill filmed
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an international alliance with funding from NanoNed, the Dutch national research programme, researchers at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have succeeded in filming the spread ...
Nanoparticles Provide Detailed View Inside Living Animals
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2008 |
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Using nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (Stanford CCNE) has shown that ...
Computer-Guided Nanoparticle Therapy Destroys Tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Gold nanoshells are among the most promising new nanoscale therapeutics being developed to kill tumors, acting as antennas that turn light energy into heat that cooks cancer to death. Now, a multi-institutional research team ...
Controlling nano color and shape with pH adjustments
Jul 30, 2007 |
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Scientists have recently discovered that the shape, color, and optical properties of silver nanoparticles can be controlled using a method that is easy, inexpensive and takes just minutes. Simply by adjusting ...
Nanoparticle Probes Light Up Cancer Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Cancer biologists are always on the lookout for new methods of studying the effects that drug therapy has on malignant cells. Now they have a new tool silver nanoparticles, embedded in nanoscale silica spheres, which can ...
Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been known that heat is an effective weapon against tumor cells. However, it's difficult to heat patients' tumors without damaging nearby tissues.
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