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July 22nd, 2004

A nano-polymer a day keeps the microbes away

Abstract:
Researchers at the University of Freiburg, Germany, have made a nanoparticle-containing polymer network that can act against microscopic organisms in several ways. The material repels bacteria and other microbes, releases a biocide and can also kill the organisms on contact.

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