Not exact matches
But when
gold particles are mixed with elastic polymers, it «self - organizes» into chains, making the material conducive when expanded or contracted, according to a report
in Wired.
They also utilized immunogold labeling —
in which
gold particles are attached to antibodies that bind to particular proteins
in order to make them visible
in electron microscopy — to show that filaments within the feathers were keratin.
In the December 3 Angewandte Chemie International Edition, they describe how they separated the
gold particles by introducing a fourth strand that binds to the third strand's loose end and unzips it from the
gold particles; reconnection simply meant introducing the naked third strand again.
PowderMed, based
in Oxford, is developing a DNA - based vaccine that works by spraying
gold particles coated with avian flu genes directly into human skin with high - pressure helium.
Witten says that by suspending
gold particles in a drop, researchers may be able to fashion tiny micron - thick wires as the liquid dries.
Realized that atoms
in the
gold must have a hard core — now known as the nucleus — that prevented
particles from slipping through.
And 4,850 feet underground,
in an abandoned South Dakota
gold mine, the enormous Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter detector geared up to collect the definitive data on the long - sought dark
particles.
However, the most striking observation came while running a control experiment
in which they replaced the reducing agent — which ordinarily releases the
gold particles — with microdroplets of water.
Scientists demonstrated the efficiency and versatility of their method by using it to print a copy of 17th - century mystic philosopher Robert Fludd's image of the sun (the alchemist's symbol for
gold) using about 20,000
gold particles, each of them 60 nanometers
in diameter.
Researchers have discovered
gold particles within the living tissue of Eucalyptus trees
in Australia
Shaping nanometric
gold particles — of the size of millionths of a millimeter — to improve their properties
in biomedicine and photonics has been made possible thanks to a special laser system
in a work carried out at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and now published
in Science.
Eucalyptus trees growing directly over a
gold deposit (main image) can have higher - than - normal concentrations of the element (individual
particles in red, inset)
in their leaves and twigs.
Average concentrations of
gold in the leaves are much higher than normal, but individual
particles of the metal are still very small, few, and far between.
Previous studies had noted anomalous concentrations of
gold in the leaf - coating substances, Lintern says, but researchers couldn't discount the possibility that the tiny
particles of the metal had stuck to the leaves after being carried there by winds.
Structural information on nanometer - sized
gold particles has been limited, due
in part to the problem of preparing homogeneous material.
The prevailing «placer
gold» theory states that the
gold at Witwatersrand was transported and concentrated through mechanical means as metallic
particles in river sediment.
Gold / titanium dioxide catalyst in action: At the interface between a gold particle (Au, gold) and the titanium dioxide surface (TiO2, red and light blue), an oxygen molecule (O2, dark blue spheres) is activated by a charge transfer and becomes catalytically act
Gold / titanium dioxide catalyst
in action: At the interface between a
gold particle (Au, gold) and the titanium dioxide surface (TiO2, red and light blue), an oxygen molecule (O2, dark blue spheres) is activated by a charge transfer and becomes catalytically act
gold particle (Au,
gold) and the titanium dioxide surface (TiO2, red and light blue), an oxygen molecule (O2, dark blue spheres) is activated by a charge transfer and becomes catalytically act
gold) and the titanium dioxide surface (TiO2, red and light blue), an oxygen molecule (O2, dark blue spheres) is activated by a charge transfer and becomes catalytically active.
However,
gold particles of a few nanometres
in size, anchored to a titanium dioxide surface, fulfil their purpose.
These exotic
particles, produced
in the Sun, have been observed
in an experiment that has been running for a quarter of a century at the bottom of a
gold mine.
A strange, elusive phenomenon called supersymmetry was conceived for elementary
particle physics — but has come to light
in nuclei of platinum and
gold
The researchers placed
particles of
gold ranging
in diameter from 15 to 30 nanometers
in a fluid suspension within a thin chamber located between two electrodes.
Unlike most accelerators, which smash together simple
particles like individual protons, RHIC accelerates clusters of hundreds of
gold atoms — with 79 protons and neutrons
in each
gold nucleus — to 99.99 percent the speed of light.
The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider tracks thousands of
particles produced
in collisions of heavy ions such as
gold, as shown
in the colorful
particle tracks on the right - hand side of the image.
In the nanoworld, tiny
particles of
gold can operate like snow blowers, churning through surface layers of an important class of semiconductors to dig unerringly straight paths.
The basic idea is that,
in the case of large nuclei such as
gold, which have a very large positive electric charge, electromagnetic interactions play a much more important role
in particle production than they do
in the case when two small, equally charged protons collide.
This soup of subatomic
particles, created
in collisions of
gold nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory
in Upton, New York, is yielding other intriguing discoveries.
In experiments, nuclear physicists use
particle colliders to smash together heavy nuclei, like
gold or lead atoms that are stripped of electrons.
Smashed together at 200 gigaelectronvolts, the
gold nuclei unleash their constituent
particles in a «quark - gluon plasma.»
Nanometre - scale
gold particles are intensively investigated for applications as catalysts, sensors, drug delivery devices and biological contrast agents and as components
in photonics and molecular electronics.
In a second stage devised to obtain any remaining gold and silver particles, the ore, now the consistency of sand, was soaked in watered - down potassium cyanide, which drew the metals out into a form that could be trapped by trays filled with zinc shaving
In a second stage devised to obtain any remaining
gold and silver
particles, the ore, now the consistency of sand, was soaked
in watered - down potassium cyanide, which drew the metals out into a form that could be trapped by trays filled with zinc shaving
in watered - down potassium cyanide, which drew the metals out into a form that could be trapped by trays filled with zinc shavings.
The study done at PNNL — which is the first of its kind — provides fundamental knowledge that allows researchers to control the synthesis of
gold particles or other nanosized clusters
in a more rational manner.
Related Highlights: Strong Influence of a Minor Substitution
in Gold Clusters Soft Landing and
Particle Coverage Key to Keeping or Losing Charge on Surfaces
However, the most striking observation came while running a control experiment
in which they replaced the reducing agent - which ordinarily releases the
gold particles - with microdroplets of water.
Over time biointerfaces made out of these
particles will also degrade, unlike alternative materials like
gold and carbon, said study co-author Yuanwen Jiang, a graduate student
in the Tian group.
Surface chemistry on nanosized
gold particles, shown here at low - magnification, left, and high - magnification, right,
in images produced with a scanning electron microscope, was studied with infrared light produced by Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source.
The samples were flash - frozen to preserve their structure for study with cryo - EM imaging, and the distance between the two
gold particles in individual samples varied from 20 - 30 nanometers based on different shapes observed
in the DNA segments.
In a Berkeley Lab - led study, flexible double - helix DNA segments connected to
gold nanoparticles are revealed from the 3 - D density maps (purple and yellow) reconstructed from individual samples using a Berkeley Lab - developed technique called individual -
particle electron tomography or IPET.
Defects and jagged surfaces at the edges of nanosized platinum and
gold particles are key hot spots for chemical reactivity, a team of researchers working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
in Israel confirmed with a unique infrared probe.
Many energetic
particles in the solar wind, represented
in gold, are deflected by Earth's magnetic «shield».
High efficiency particulate absorbing filters (HEPA) can remove up to 99.97 % of
particles in the air, making them the
gold standard for air filters.
K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick
in Confession is a dusky, tawny nude shade flecked with
gold particles inspired by the full lips of super models
in a nourishing, moisturizing lipstick formula.
The eye make up can be amped up with shimmer
particles and this can be done
in a number of ways — use metallic eyeliner at the base of the lash or press shimmer powder across the entire eye make up (without smudging the existing work), or, my personal favourite —
in the negative space between the latte shadow and the underlay gently blend
in metallic shimmer eyeshadow that matches the jewellery you are wearing with your dress —
gold with
gold, silver with silver and white with platinum.
It has
gold mirco -
particles present
in it which adds a natural glow to your dry and dull skin.
Small
particles of rose pink glitter mixed
in with
gold, green, and blue bar glitter.
Well, Ziv is composed on may different sizes of
gold glitter
particles all mixed up
in one bottle.
Amber Glow is the only Blusher i picked up, although it doesn't look like it
in the picture its actually a coral shade with rose
gold shimmer
particles running through it.
England's researchers cracked the goblets riddle
in 1990, when they examined broken fragments of the Lycurgus Cup under a microscope and saw that infused within the glass were silver and
gold particles, some less than one - thousandth the size of a grain of table salt.
The new HP Spectre 13 is available
in two colors: a white, scratch - resistant finish with
gold paint
particles bonded to the metal lid; or dark silver with copper accents.