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Hybrid Metal/Organic Nanowires Compensate for Metal Losses in Plasmonic Nanostructures

University of Cincinnati researchers are discovering how to manipulate light to one day better view the world’s tiniest objects through a super-lens, as well as how to hide an object in plain sight. Masoud Kaveh-Baghbadorani, a doctoral student in the University of Cincinnati’s physics program, will present this research on March 4, at the American Physical Society Meeting in Denver.

4 Mar 2014

Nano-Optical Tweezers Utilize the Force of Light to Trap and Move Individual Nano-Objects

As science and technology go nano, scientists search for new tools to manipulate, observe and modify the "building blocks" of matter at the nanometer scale. With this in mind, the recent publication in Nature Nanotechnology in which ICFO researchers demonstrate for the first time the ability to use near-field optical tweezers to trap a nano-size object and manipulate it in the 3 dimensions of space, is an exciting achievement.

3 Mar 2014

$Nanodiffraction Enables Study of Living Biological Cells$

Nanodiffraction Enables Study of Living Biological Cells

Göttingen-based scientists working at DESY's PETRA III research light source have carried out the first studies of living biological cells using high-energy X-rays. The new method shows clear differences in the internal cellular structure between living and dead, chemically fixed cells that are often analysed.

3 Mar 2014

Two-Photon Laser Triggers Nanoparticles to Release Chemotherapy Drugs Directly in Tumor Cells

Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative cancer-fighting technique in which custom-designed nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells and release their cargo when triggered by a two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength.

From University of California, Los Angeles 28 Feb 2014

Phonon Spectrometer Precisely Measures Subtle Movement of Heat in Nanostructures

How heat flows at the nanoscale can be very different than at larger scales. Understanding how surfaces affect the transport of the fundamental units of heat, called phonons, could impact everything from thermoelectric materials to microelectronic cooling devices.

28 Feb 2014

Researchers Advance THz Spectroscopy for Detection of Explosives from Greater Distances

Standing in a full-body scanner at an airport isn't fun, and the process adds time and stress to a journey. It also raises privacy concerns. Researchers now report in ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters a more precise and direct method for using that "terahertz" (THz) technology to detect explosives from greater distances.

From American Chemical Society 27 Feb 2014

Optical ‘Nanocavity’ Boosts Light Absorption of Ultrathin Semiconductors

Associated with unhappy visits to the dentist, "cavity" means something else in the branch of physics known as optics.

27 Feb 2014

Hard X-ray Fluorescence Bionanoprobe Makes 3-D Images of Frozen Biological Samples

It's an odd twist. For scientists to determine if a cell is functioning properly, they must destroy it.

From Argonne National Laboratory 27 Feb 2014

Global Nanophotonic Devices Market Poised for Significant Growth

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Nanophotonic Devices Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

26 Feb 2014

Infrared Microspectroscopy Helps Map Catalytic Reactivity inside a Microreactor

A pathway to more effective and efficient synthesis of pharmaceutical drugs and other flow reactor chemical products has been opened by a study in which for the first time the catalytic reactivity inside a microreactor was mapped in high resolution from start-to-finish.

24 Feb 2014

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Hybrid Metal/Organic Nanowires Compensate for Metal Losses in Plasmonic Nanostructures

Nano-Optical Tweezers Utilize the Force of Light to Trap and Move Individual Nano-Objects

Nanodiffraction Enables Study of Living Biological Cells

Two-Photon Laser Triggers Nanoparticles to Release Chemotherapy Drugs Directly in Tumor Cells

Phonon Spectrometer Precisely Measures Subtle Movement of Heat in Nanostructures

Researchers Advance THz Spectroscopy for Detection of Explosives from Greater Distances

Optical ‘Nanocavity’ Boosts Light Absorption of Ultrathin Semiconductors

Hard X-ray Fluorescence Bionanoprobe Makes 3-D Images of Frozen Biological Samples

Global Nanophotonic Devices Market Poised for Significant Growth

Infrared Microspectroscopy Helps Map Catalytic Reactivity inside a Microreactor

Nanopore-Based Sensor Enables Rapid and Precise Disease Diagnosis

Combining Nanofluids and Turbulators for Sustainable Energy

Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology

Multiscale Force Sensing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystals

Enhancing Material Properties through Nanotube Encapsulation

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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