Singular properties of nanoparticles

Video in French - Nanoparticles were already used in ancient Rome and during the Middle Ages to colour glass cups or make stained glass iridescent. But the phenomenon remained a mystery until the beginning of the 20^th century…

Visuals copyrights : Synchrotron SOLEIL, British Museum, ESRF, CNRS Photothèque.

Nanotechnology - Feel free to watch our other videos (in French) on this topic:

1/ What is a nanometre?

2/ The nanoworld

3/ Singular properties of nanoparticles

4/ Giant magnetoresistance (GMR)

5/ The scanning tunnelling microscope

6/ The nanoworld at SOLEIL

7/ SAMBA and soft chemistry

8/ SWING and zeolites

9/ TEMPO and molecular grafting 

10/ CASSIOPEE and tunnel junctions