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Nanoparticle Crystal Used to Control Light

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A clathrate colloidal crystal has been created by connecting nanoparticles using DNA. One potential application for the novel crystal structures is the control of light, which could lead to development of materials that could change colors or patterns on demand, or block certain wavelengths of light while amplifying others. An electron microscope image of a slice of the crystal structure (left). Courtesy of Mirkin Lab, Northwestern University. A matching slice from a simulation of the crystal structure (right). Courtesy of Glotzer Group, University of Michigan / Science. Designed by...Read full article

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    Published: March 2017
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    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.
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