Sentences with phrase «of titanium dioxide nanoparticles»

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Metal oxides such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are increasingly being used in sunscreens and cosmetics in the form of nanoparticles — microscopic particles of matter measured on the nanoscale.

Antimicrobials such as nanoparticles of silver or titanium dioxide can be used in packaging to prevent spoilage of foods.

The study, involving researchers from UCL, Imperial College London and Dalian University of Technology (China) and published today in Science, shows how the new paint made from coated titanium dioxide nanoparticles can give a wide - range of materials self - cleaning properties, even during and after immersion in oil and following damage to the surface.

«If we use the results of this paper [published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B], we can grow nanoparticles in the confined matter to create larger, uniformly sized nanoparticles of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide, which is very important to creating the materials you need for electrodes for batteries,» said Sushko.

Here, we present the electric field - induced tuning of the light transmission in a multilayer sandwiched between ITO electrodes, made by alternating layers of silver nanoparticles and titanium dioxide nanoparticles.

The nanoparticle, as imaged with an aberration - corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, features eyes, nose and mouth of precious - metal platinum clusters embedded in a titanium dioxide face.

Both zinc oxide and titanium dioxide — the two most effective physical blockers according to the EWG — are nanoparticles; it's the size of the particles that matters, and that's tough for brands to gauge and therefore market accurately.

Noncoated nanoparticles (less than 35 nanometers in diameter) of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide (referred to as «mineral - based» sunscreens) can be toxic to corals, fish and other reef organisms.

Alicia Taylor, Ian Marcus, Risa Guysi, and Sharon Walker, from the University of California, Riverside, introduced zinc oxide, cerium dioxide, and titanium dioxide nanoparticles into a model of the human colon.

Mingce Long and Deyong Wu say their fabric uses a coating made from a compound of titanium dioxide,... Their report describes cotton fabric coated with nanoparticles made from a compound of titanium dioxide and nitrogen.