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Applications of nanoparticles in combating COVID-19 Researchers review the various properties and use of nanoparticles in targeting SARS-CoV-2 and how they could be used to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2. Nanoparticles, materials with a size less than 100 nm, have been used widely in many applications. Their small size makes their surface to volume ratio large, which has been used advantageously. Nanoparticles have been made from a wide variety of materials, including inorganic, metals, and organic materials. The use of nanoparticles in pharmaceutical applications ha...

Startup Solutions: A Survey of Green and Sustainable Innovations April 19, 2021 Contact Author Marc N.G. de Mul, Ph.D., Measured Innovation LLC, Weston, CT Close Sponsored Editor’s Note: The author of this ingredient survey discloses having previously consulted for P2 Science. Innovation is risky. It requires investing capital in projects that may not give a return for years, and sometimes fail to launch at all. Long term, disruptive innovation has a high project failure rate because the technology is new and market demand is uncertain. Many innovative products must be launched...

 E-Mail IMAGE: An illustration of physically confined spaces in a porous bilayer silica film on a metal catalyst that can be used for chemical reactions. Silicon atoms are indicated by the orange... view more  Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Physically confined spaces can make for more efficient chemical reactions, according to recent studies led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory. They found that partially covering metal surfaces acting as catalysts, or materials that speed up reactions, with thin films of silic...

share: Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production An electrode material with modified surface atoms generates more electrical current, which drives the sunlight-powered reactions that split water into oxygen and hydrogen—a clean fuel February 18, 2021 Through a tight coupling of experiment and theory, scientists showed at the atomic level how changes in the surface composition of a photoelectrode play a critical role in photoelectrochemical performance. UPTON, NY—Scientists have demonstrated that modifying the topmost layer of atoms on the surface of electrodes can have a...

 E-Mail IMAGE: An illustration combines two possible types of surface layers for a catalyst that performs the water-splitting reaction, the first step in making hydrogen fuel. The gray surface, top, is lanthanum... view more  Credit: CUBE3D Graphic Scientists crafting a nickel-based catalyst used in making hydrogen fuel built it one atomic layer at a time to gain full control over its chemical properties. But the finished material didn't behave as they expected: As one version of the catalyst went about its work, the top-most layer of atoms rearranged to form a new pattern, as if th...