News tagged with silica materials
First tri-continuous mesoporous Silica complex structure developed in Singapore
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 05, 2009 |
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Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template. This completely new porous structure previously been predicted ...
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New insight to demineralization
Jul 07, 2008 |
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From toothpaste to technology, noncrystalline or amorphous silica is an active ingredient in a myriad of products that we use in our daily lives. As a minor, but essential component of vertebrate bone, an understanding of ...
Silica smart bombs deliver knock-out to bacteria
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Bacteria mutate for a living, evading antibiotic drugs while killing tens of thousands of people in the United States each year. But as concern about drug-resistant bacteria grows, one novel approach under way at the University ...
All decked out: Networks of chitin filaments are integral components of diatom silica shells
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when you look at diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, under a microscope. The regularly structured silica shells of these tiny ...
Self-assembled nanostructures function better than bone as porosity increases
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 10, 2007 |
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Naturally occurring structures like birds’ bones or tree trunks are thought to have evolved over eons to reach the best possible balance between stiffness and density.
Scientists say pyramids could be concrete
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Scientists are taking a new look at Egypt's pyramids to see if some of the blocks could have been made from concrete.
Green Ideas: Making Concrete from Rice
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Concrete accounts for about 5% of all human-related CO2 emissions. The fact that we use so much cement in building could mean that the issue becomes even more pronounced in the future. Bu ...
Polymers 'battered' with nanoparticles could create self healing paints and clever packaging
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles. The final result provides ...
New Method Creates Porous, Multifunctional Silica Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Silica, the mineral of which sand is made, is generally inert in the body and can be modified easily using a variety of well-established chemical reactions. As such, researchers have considered silica an ideal candidate material ...
A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 07, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature ...
Genetic Engineering Fuses Spider Silk and Silica
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2006 |
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Bioengineers at Tufts University have created a new fusion protein that for the first time combines the toughness of spider silk with the intricate structure of silica. The resulting nanocomposite could be used in medical ...
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