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Argonne scientists watch the birth of nanoparticles for the first time The revolutionary technique allows researchers to learn about the early stages of nanoparticle generation, long a mystery due to inadequate probing methods, and could lead to improved performance of the nanomaterials in applications including solar cells, sensing and more. |
October 1, 2010 |
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New technique allows 3-D visualization of quantum property Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that maps the magnetic vector potential — one of the most important electromagnetic quantities and a foundation of quantum mechanics — in three dimensions. |
September 28, 2010 | |
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Argonne announces three new Distinguished Fellows Argonne National Laboratory has named scientists Amanda Petford-Long, Orlando Auciello and Ali Erdemir as Distinguished Fellows, the laboratory’s highest scientific and engineering rank. |
June 17, 2010 |
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Gold nanoparticles create visible-light catalysis in nanowires A scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has created visible-light catalysis, using silver chloride nanowires decorated with gold nanoparticles, that may decompose organic molecules in polluted water. |
June 15, 2010 |
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Argonne scientists reveal secret of nanoparticle crystallization in real time A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory has "seen" the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail. |
May 14, 2010 |
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Scientists develop green method to produce propylene oxide Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new class of silver-based catalysts for the production of the industrially useful chemical propylene oxide that is both environmentally friendly and less expensive. |
April 8, 2010 |
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Argonne scientists to control attractive force for nanoelectromechanical systems Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force which attracts objects when they are only a hundred nanometers apart. |
December 10, 2009 |
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Argonne dedicates new microscopy facility at Center for Nanoscale Materials The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference. The new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures spin-polarized electrons on surfaces. |
October 22, 2009 |
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Argonne scientists find new set of multiferroic materials The trail to a new multiferroic started with the theories of an Argonne National Laboratory scientist and ended with a multidisciplinary collaboration that created a material with potential impact on next generation electronics. |
October 20, 2009 |
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Argonne scientist named one of the world's top innovators Elena Shevchenko, nanoscientist at Argonne National Laboratory, has joined a select list of the world's youngest top innovators chosen by Technology Review magazine for her work at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials. |
August 25, 2009 |