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Ultra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Physicists have developed a new type of sensor platform using a gold nanoparticle array, that's 100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors.

Jan 9, 2019

Ultra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the University of Bath (UK) and Northwestern University (USA) have developed a new type of sensor platform using a gold nanoparticle array, which is 100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors.

Jan 9, 2019

Ultra-sensitive sensor with gold nanoparticle array

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a new type of sensor platform using a gold nanoparticle array, which is 100 times more sensitive than current similar sensors.

Jan 9, 2019

Holographic color printing for optical security

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have invented a new type of anti-counterfeiting technology called holographic colour prints for securing important documents such as identity cards, passports and banknotes....

Jan 9, 2019

Powerful X-ray beams unlock secrets of nanoscale crystal formation

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

High-energy X-ray beams and a clever experimental setup allowed researchers to watch a high-pressure, high-temperature chemical reaction to determine for the first time what controls formation of two different nanoscale crystalline structures in ...

Jan 9, 2019

Artificial intelligence detects the presence of viruses

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Many biosensing applications rely on characterization of specific analytes such as proteins, viruses and bacteria, among many other targets, which can be accomplished by using micro- or nano-scale particles. In such biosensors, these particles are...

Jan 9, 2019

Artificial bug eyes

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light sensitivity and motion detection. That's why scien...

Jan 9, 2019

Light Is Dynamically Controlled in a Programmable Electro-Optic System

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

An integrated photonics platform that can store light and electrically control its frequency in an integrated circuit is the newest development from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). According to the re...

Jan 9, 2019

New, Low-Cost Method Could Transform Graphene Printed Electronics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research team based at The University of Manchester has discovered a novel, low-cost technique for creating graphene printed electronics which considerably expedites and lowers the cost of...

Jan 9, 2019

Scientists use 2D h-BN nanosheets as the planar-alignment agent in a liquid crystal device to improve its optical transmission

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers report an interesting phenomenon of two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)-induced planar-alignment of a nematic liquid crystal and the subsequent optical and electro-optical effects. Liquid crystals (LCs) are optically an...

Jan 9, 2019

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