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Slinn PickingsShell extract helps rebuild pearly whites | Chemistry World
April 12, 2013 – 2:00 am
Oil loving membranes for oil spill clean-ups
November 13, 2012 – 3:03 pm
Oil loving membranes for oil spill clean-ups | Chemistry World - Researchers in China have made a new type of membrane that can separate oil from water and could potentially be used in oil spills, such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico. The membrane works by interacting differently with the substances as it is both superhydrophobic and superoleophilic, so that it repels water but attracts oil. This means that the oil is absorbed through the membrane, but the water can’t penetrate.(10.1039/c2nr33063f)
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MOF based motorboat | Chemistry World
October 30, 2012 – 6:04 am
MOF based motorboat | Chemistry World - Researchers from the US and Japan have devised a new type of molecular motor capable of propelling itself across a liquid surface. The move marks another step along the road towards mimicking motile life forms found in nature, such as bacteria, in the quest for autonomous microscopic machines.(10.1038/nmat3461)
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