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Nanorods' Assembly Could Spur Nanodevice Creation

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HOUSTON, March 12, 2007 -- Chemists have discovered that tiny building blocks known as gold nanorods spontaneously assemble themselves into ring-like superstructures. The finding could potentially lead to the development of novel nanodevices like highly sensitive optical sensors, superlenses and even invisible objects for military use.Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of a circular superstructure of Rice University hybrid nanorods templated by a water microdroplet (Image courtesy of Bishnu Khanal) "Finding new ways to assemble nano-objects into superstructures is an important task because at the nanoscale,...Read full article

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    Published: March 2007
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    nanoparticle
    A small object that behaves as a whole unit or entity in terms of it's transport and it's properties, as opposed to an individual molecule which on it's own is not considered a nanoparticle.. Nanoparticles range between 100 and 2500 nanometers in diameter.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    rod
    The light-sensitive cells on the retina of the eye that are responsible for low-resolution, peripheral vision.
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