(Nanowerk News) Picture two charged particles in a vacuum. Thanks to laws of elementary electrostatics, we can easily calculate the force these particles exert upon one another, and therefore predict ...

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Atmospheric aerosols, consisting of suspended small solid and liquid particles, influence both climate and air quality. Sub-micrometre-sized particles efficiently scatter visible radiation and can act ...