Sentences with phrase «nanocrystals less»

Materials scientist Dongsheng Li will use sophisticated microscopes to take a close look at how nanocrystals less than one - thousandth the width of a human hair assemble into branched structures while the process is taking place.

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A nanoparticle (or nanopowder or nanocluster or nanocrystal) is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm.

Researchers at CNRS, CEA and the Université Grenoble Alpes propose an efficient alternative using semi-conductor nanocrystals (also called quantum dots) based on cheaper and less toxic elements, such as copper, indium and sulfur.