A gold electrode coated
with nanoclusters of indium phosphide absorb incoming photons of light (that is the wavy line marked «hv» in the image).
The team's findings, says Kuznetsov, not only expand our fundamental understanding of how light interacts
with nanoclusters of metallic particles, but have both theoretical and practical applications.
Not exact matches
A nanoparticle (or nanopowder or
nanocluster or nanocrystal) is a microscopic particle
with at least one dimension less than 100 nm.
The
nanoclusters — about 20,000 per square micrometer — act like tiny bar magnets
with «spins» that can be oriented either randomly or in a coordinated manner.
This is crucial information that can help researchers understand how
nanoclusters interact
with the environment.
All cells were targeted
with conjugates of gold nanoparticles (NPs) through an antibody - receptor - endocytosis -
nanocluster mechanism that produced NP clusters.
The algorithm rediscovered the known property that gold
nanoclusters with even number of atoms are semiconducting, whereas those
with an odd number of atoms are metallic.
They will also enable us to address how bicarbonate anions interact
with calcium and magnesium cations in solution to create the
nanoclusters that nucleate limestone formation, and how bicarbonate anions buffer blood and other bodily fluids.»