Sentences with phrase «nano particles of»

I recall David Keith blithely talking about the reduced coagulation rates of nano particles of aluminium and thus why it is preferred as a SRM cocktail ingredient.

ACZ Nano Zeolite Extra Strength from Results RNA features micronized nano particles of zeolite minerals f...

Additionally, if nano particles of zinc oxide or titanium oxide are used, these can enter the body and carry risks as well.

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In the drive to improve early detection and treatment of cancer, a pair of Toronto scientists has developed a unique technology that combines contrast agents with targeted, long - lasting nano - particles for use in multiple medical imaging platforms.

Kevin Brodwick, founder of Thinkbaby and Thinksport explains why: «We always use the precautionary principle and as we expect the debate on the safety of nano particles to continue, we asked a simple question: Does the product have to contain nano particles to be an effective sunscreen?

They might not stick around for long, but particles that pop in and out of existence could gum up nano - machines

Whilst it is extremely difficult to get samples from such an inhospitable environment, further work will enhance our understanding of the long - term behaviour of the fuel debris nano - particles and their impact.»

The gold particles on the plate act as nano - optics and make it possible to focus a beam of light below the diffraction limit so as to precisely measure something that is very small — right down to 20 nanometres.

When the liquid is applied to a flexible base such as plastic, the solvent evaporates, leaving the crystal nano - particles — the very same semiconductors found in everyday chips — to form structures capable of conducting electricity.

Similar to how a sponge soaks up water, we can see the overall level of lithium continuously increase inside the nano - sized particles,» said Feng Wang, the leader of this study and a scientist in Brookhaven's Sustainable Energy Technologies Department.

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have made an object disappear by using a composite material with nano - size particles that can enhance specific properties on the object's surface.

«We first prepare our nano - particles using short DNA strands, each of which binds to a specific type of protein,» explained Janak Prasad, who developed the functionalization method.

Transport of engineered nano - particles loaded with drugs or bio-molecules to the site of the disease in pathophysiologic states in humans plays a critical role in determining the efficacy of therapeutic management.

«By using ultrafast lasers, which are very intense but very short in duration (of the order of a billion trillion flashes per second), we have realized a world record in optical quality, where all the obtained shaped particles behave like nano - sized clones,» explains Andrés Guerrero Martínez, researcher of the Ramón y Cajal Program at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of the UCM.

But «micronized» or «nano - scale» particles of these minerals can get below the skin surface and cause allergic reactions and other problems for some people.

Researchers at Binghamton University believe understanding nano particles» ability to influence our metabolic processing may be integral to mediating metabolic disorders and obesity, both of which are on the rise and have been linked to processed foods.

One theory is that the persistent glow is produced by dusty plasma, generated by lightning striking the ground, melting it locally and ejecting fine nano - particles of sand into the atmosphere.

Using nano - sized silicon particles dramatically increases the amount of reactive surface available.

Previous research has tested the use of FLG with nano - sized silicon but this new study has found that FLG can also dramatically improve the performance of larger micron - sized silicon particles when used in an anode.

To observe this growth phenomenon, the NRL team grew alumina on nano - and micron - sized particles of tungsten and measured the shell thickness in a transmission electron microscope.

As Liu explained, «Building diamond superlattices from nano - and micro-scale particles by means of self - assembly has proven remarkably difficult.

Toxicity of nano - and micro-sized ZnO particles in human lung epithelial cells.

Madsen, Hirschberg, and their research team are exploring a small solution to this big problem: employing macrophages, the aforementioned, material - ingesting white blood cells, to transport nano - sized particles of therapeutic gold to surgical resection sites.

Is it possible with synchrotron X-rays to detect particulate matter in the nano - range in human fluids (such as blood) and tell at the same time the composition of the particles (heavy metals, carbon etc)?

The existing technique, which uses micro - or nano - pores to detect and separate particles, can only detect tiny volumes of material at a time in a single channel, limiting...» More...

Using superconducting, nano - particle infused ink, researchers have increased the efficiency of solar water heaters by up to 70 percent.

They tested the effects of eight commercial drinks containing nano - size metal or metal - like particles on human intestinal cells in the lab.

A more intriguingly valued stock is Flamel Technologies (Nasdaq: FLML), a biotech firm that has developed a range of drug delivery methods to deliver nano - sized particles into the bloodstream.

The CS made by the Silvonic Pro will have little to no color, will not degrade when exposed to light (the proof of nano - particle size), and will retain its strength for years when stored properly, ideally in glass at room temperature.

Clear colloidal silver from 5 - 15 µS / ppm works best internally because it has nano - size particles and highest ratio of ions, remains stable longer, does not build up in the body, and tolerates light.

It can take several hours to make 16 oz of 10 ppm CS due to ultra-low current used to produce ultra-small nano - size particles with the highest ratio of positively charged ions to particles.

It is a suspension of silver nano particles in distilled water.

It is only in the last 30 or so years, that we've experienced a boom in incidence of AD such that now it's 1 in 3 Americans diagnosed with AD by age 85, and that coincides with the steady increase in megaton spraying of these nano - aluminum particles into the atmosphere.

The major choice in the U.S. is between «chemical» sunscreens, which have inferior stability, penetrate the skin and may disrupt the body's hormone systems, and «mineral» sunscreens (zinc and titanium), which often contain micronized — or nano - scale particles of those minerals.

These colored particles are made of metallic nano - particles and formed in a specific pattern on the upper electrode for presenting a high - definition, multi-color colored display.

Manufacturing of the colored particles or layers may include slurry process, screen printing, ink - jet, or nano - printing that may have high industrial applicability and is cost effective.

She has just completed a collaboration between her team and the University of Chicago Institute for Molecular Engineering on a nano particle, PHSCologram.

Even a 6 yr old will say that annual atmospheric spraying of 20 million tons of aluminium nano particles combined with fluoride, barium, strontium, polymer fibres, desiccated blood, microbial fungi, etc, etc, is a very bad idea.

20 years ago I co-founded and continue today to operate a company that makes instruments used to characterize the distribution of particle sizes in micro and nano scale materials.

Coagulation is particularly efficient between very small nano - particles and larger particles (of a few hundred nanometers).

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