Cutting edge chemistry in 2010
Nanoparticles make leaves glow. Can street lights be replaced by trees?
Yen Hsun Su’s Nanoscale article about the use of gold nanoparticles to induce luminescence in leaves makes it to ChemistryWorld’s list Cutting edge chemistry in 2010.
The scientists from Taiwan created bio-LEDS by difussing into plant leaves gold nanoparticles shaped like sea urchins.
Read the paper today:
Y. H. Su, S.-L. Tu, S.-W. Tseng, Y.-C. Chang, S.-H. Chang and W.-M. Zhang, Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 2639-2646
Check the discoveries that caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs around the world in 2010. With the help of an expert panel of journal editors, Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in the year’s chemical science papers. Take a look today
