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Molecular memory a game-changer

James Tour's graphene device may make massive storage practical

26-Nov-2008 - A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, cell phones and cameras. In new research in Nature Materials, Rice ...

cameras chemistry graphene +7

Single-pixel camera has multiple futures

Terahertz version adds new potential to unique invention

16-Oct-2008 - A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine. The research, recently published online in Applied Physics Letters, describes a way to replace the expensive, ...

cameras copper medicine +3

NSF-funded Rice study will trace path of nanomaterials

Researchers want to know if particles can be transported through food chain

05-Sep-2008 - Working to ensure the safe use of nanomaterials is the basis of a new Rice study funded by the National Science Foundation. Led by Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor and chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Vicki Colvin, the Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of ...

carbon carbon dioxide chemistry +15

New theory for latest high-temperature superconductors

Rice, Rutgers physicists explain, predict properties of iron compounds

18-Aug-2008 - Physicists from Rice and Rutgers universities have published a new theory that explains some of the complex electronic and magnetic properties of iron "pnictides." In a series of startling discoveries this spring, pnictides were shown to superconduct at relatively high temperatures. The ...

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Rice scientists make breakthrough in single-molecule sensing

Simultaneous optical and electronic measurements on same molecule

08-Feb-2008 - In a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors, physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule. The research is slated to appear in Nano Letters. The ...

chemistry gold nanophotonics +5

Rings Made of Little Rods

Water droplets as templates: gold nanorods self-assemble into rings

14-Mar-2007 - Rod-shaped nanocrystals normally arrange themselves parallel to each other. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas now report in the journal Angewandte Chemie completely unexpected behavior of nano-objects: the spontaneous self-assembly of polymer-coated metallic nanorods into ...

carbon Chemie condensation +12

Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'

Asymmetric particles focus light in unique way

25-Jul-2006 - Contact: Jade BoydResearchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are asymmetric specks of matter whose striking optical ...

chemistry matter medical diagnostics +6

Rice study: 'nanostars' could be ultra-sensitive chemical sensors

Scientists observe strong spectral signals from spikes on gold particles

21-Apr-2006 - Nanophotonics is a rapidly growing field of study that looks at ways to generate and manipulate light using ultrasmall, engineered structures. The virus-sized nanostars, so named because of their spiky surface, are one of a growing number of intricately shaped particles that are increasingly ...

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