In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...

Researchers in India have demonstrated a wet chemical process to recover silicon with high purity from end-of-life solar panels, which they used to make functionalized silica nanoparticles. Tests of ...

However, researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a way to utilize that energy by placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto the silicon solar cell. By diluting particles of ...

High-speed electronic devices that do not use much power are useful for wireless communication. High-speed operation has ...

opaque substances become transparent (copper); inert materials become catalysts (platinum); stable materials turn combustible (aluminum); solids turn into liquids at room temperature (gold); ...

A team of researchers from NUS has developed a novel method to enhance the precision of cancer treatment using gold ...

Oxide nanoparticles, particularly iron oxide, ceria and silica nanoparticles, hold significant promise for biomedical applications owing to their unique magnetic, catalytic and porous properties.

nanoparticles are formed by the decomposition of source molecules in the flame at relatively high temperatures (about 1200?2200°C). Flame reactors are used today for the industrial-scale production of ...

Opals! Photonic crystals! Structural color! Opals are examples of natural photonic crystals. They are composed of small ...

Scientists have controlled Kelvin waves in superfluid helium-4, using electric fields and nanoparticles to visualize them, ...