Researchers Discover Nanoparticles Can Break On Through
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 15:43
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper temperature, bob to the surface of a layer of a thin polymer film and then can reversibly recede below the surface when heated a second time.