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Nanotechnology
Why materials behave differently at the nanoscale
Gold that is not gold-coloured, carbon stronger than steel, sunscreen that stops being white. At the nanoscale a material's properties stop depending only on what it is made of and start depending on how big it is. Here is why.
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Nanotechnology
Quantum dots: the tiny crystals that won a Nobel and lit up your TV
Quantum dots are nanocrystals so small that their colour depends on their size. The idea earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — and it is already inside QLED televisions and medical imaging.
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