Meanings
- uncountableAn extremely thin nanosheet of gold.
Researchers are calling it gold nanoseaweed because of its shape.
2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN2 more examples
Images taken from an electron microscope reveal the way the gold atoms have formed into a highly organised lattice. Other images show gold nanoseaweed that has been artificially coloured.
2019 August 6, “Scientists create the world's thinnest gold”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2024, page 5This was demonstrated through the inclusion of gold nanoseaweed into the gel at varying concentrations, Figure 6.5C.
2020 September 17, Samuel Charles Tensin Moorcroft, “Light-responsive delivery and photothermal enhancement of antimicrobial peptides to combat bacterial wound infections”, in University of Leeds School of Physics & Astronomy, page 131
Origin
From nano- + seaweed, named for its appearance.
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