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anthropogenic

Silver For Your Smelly Socks??

Posted on August 6, 2013

by Nelliza Medero Silver nanoparticles can be found in socks and sports clothing because of their ability to kill bacteria and inhibit unwanted odors.  Their antibacterial properties are exploited in a number of other products …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged anthropogenic, consumer products, environment, food chain, medicine, nanoparticles, Nelliza Medero, pollution, silver, toxicity, water treatment

Nanoparticles Are All Around Us

Posted on March 25, 2013

by Sam Lohse You’re looking at an electron micrograph of gold nanoparticles; a snap shot of tiny gold crystals that are 1/10,000th the diameter of a human hair. Nanoparticles just these like may soon transform …

Posted in Sustainable NanoTagged anthropogenic, applications, consumer products, gold, history, nano, nanoparticles, natural, romans, Sam Lohse, silver

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