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Nanowires on graphene uncover new epitaxy paradigm

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Schematic representation of phase segregated InGaAs/InAs nanowires grown on graphene and single phase InGaAs nanowires grown on a different substrate. Parsian Mohseni.

Discovery comes as researchers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene.

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Nanoparticle chain assembly observed in situ

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Argonne scientists see nanoparticles form larger structures in real time.

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Synergistic marriage of fluorescence sensing and molecular self-assembly

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Fluorescence sensing along with molecular self-assembly leads to a highly selective sensory system for biologically important molecules.

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Researchers demonstrate self-assembling quantum dots

February 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Unexpected breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics and solar cell efficiency.

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Hierarchical self-organisation to build from the nanoscale up

January 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Researchers have observed the spontaneous organisation of small molecules into nanovesicles, and then microvesicles.

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The bobtail squid: a natural diffraction grating

November 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recombinant protein refCBA

American scientists have harnessed the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s ability to modulate color.

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A Plethora of Block Copolypeptides

March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
polymer conjugates

N-Carboxyanhydride ring-opening polymerization enables the controlled generation of numerous distinctive block copolypeptides possessing potential biomedical applicability.

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How to solubilize hydrophobic dendrimers

March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The researchers developed a new method to produce hydrophobic dendrimers using specific surfactant molecules.

How surfactants bearing an aromatic structure at the hydrophobic terminal solubilizes hydrophobic pi-conjugating dendrimers.

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Making microlasers the flexible way

March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Optical (above) and photoluminescence (below) images of hemispheres of different diameters

An elegant technique for self-assembling microlasers from droplets is reported in Advanced Optical Materials.

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A Truly 3D Self-Assembled Metamaterial

March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
3D metamaterial using self-assembled block copolymers as template

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK report the fabrication of a truly 3D metamaterial using self-assembly.

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