Halas/LANP team create 'nanorice'

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Researchers in the Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) at Rice have created a new rice-shaped nanoparticle that could improve chemical sensing and biological imaging.

"On the nanoscale, the shape of a particle plays a critical role in how it interacts with light," said LANP Director Naomi Halas. "We were looking for a new shape that would combine the best properties of the two most optically useful shapes - spheres and rods. It's just a coincidence that that shape turned out to look exactly like a grain of rice."

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LANP team creates 'nanorice"