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Hydrogen-sensing mechanism depends on thickness
Mar 17, 2010
Argonne team explores crossover behaviour in palladium film design
Quantum dots highlight tumour heterogeneity
Mar 16, 2010
Sensitive and specific test reveals differences among individual breast-cancer cells
SERS aggregates patterned by laser trapping
Mar 16, 2010
Optical trapping of plasmonic nanoparticles and bubble formation in aqueous suspension
Nanotubes transport therapeutic boron to cancer cells
Mar 12, 2010
Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes evaluated as potential carrier vehicles for BNCT
Catalyst pre-treatment produces isolated CNT bundles
Mar 11, 2010
French team studies effect of hydrogen plasma on iron layer to enhance functionalization prospects
Impurities possess nanopatterning powers
Mar 9, 2010
New ion-beam erosion experiments solve silicon patterning puzzle
Quantum dots measure intracellular chloride ion concentration
Mar 4, 2010
Probes exploit inversely proportional relationship between chloride ion concentration and intensity of QD fluorescence
Turning ZnO nanowires into ultra-bright UV emitters
Mar 3, 2010
Ultraviolet emission enhanced by a factor of almost 50
Direct writing of ZrO2 and TiO2 nanostructures by photolithography
Mar 2, 2010
Sol-gel-based spin-coatable precursor suits direct-write method and offers nanoscale resolution
Lift-off process integrates viral nanopatterning
Mar 2, 2010
Fuel cells, batteries and sensor arrays could benefit from tobacco mosaic virus template
Electrostatics versus mechanics in simple multiferroics
Feb 24, 2010
Nokia-University of Cambridge collaboration explores interplay between ferroelectricity and ferroelasticity
Gold-decorated polystyrene grows into biosensor
Feb 24, 2010
Surfactant-based self-assembly strategy gears up for whole-blood sensing
Cyto-friendly system for targeted cancer imaging
Feb 23, 2010
Fluorescent gold nanoclusters detect and illuminate specific cancer cells
Water stopped by invisible valve
Feb 23, 2010 1 comment
Nanotextured coating creates hydrophilic–superhydrophobic boundary in glass tube
Plasmonic nanobubbles: combining diagnosis and treatment into theranostics
Feb 18, 2010
Laser and gold nanoparticle system shows promise for rapid diagnosis and treatment of diseases at cell level
Generic nanoimprint process gives uniform nanowire arrays
Feb 17, 2010
Cleaning procedure applicable to other lithographic techniques such as e-beam lithography
Nanoparticles battle drug-resistant bacteria
Feb 17, 2010
Rose Bengal decorated silica nanoparticles photodynamically inactivate Gram-positive bacteria including MRSA with high efficiency
Test structure highlights SPP response
Feb 12, 2010
Relationship between metal electron density and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) revealed
Nanoweb upgrades sensor
Feb 11, 2010
High-porosity polymer coating improves the performance of QCM humidity detector