Engineers Discover Nanoparticles Can Break On Through
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 22:14
in Physics & Chemistry
In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, 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.
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