Savvy Skins

Savvy Skins

Cunningham details how researchers are pouring new functions into coatings. The newest coatings incorporate multiple functions, offer chemical reactivity or act in response to stimuli in the environment. Once out of the laboratory, they could provide germ-busting door- knobs, artery-opening stents w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science news (Washington) 2007-02, Vol.171 (5), p.75-76
1. Verfasser: Cunningham, Aimee
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Advanced materials
Bacteria
Biomedical materials
Chemical reactions
Chemicals
Coatings
Composite materials
Corrosion
Hospitals
Influenza
Inhalants
Laboratories
Materials
Materials science
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
Nitric oxide
Polymers
Protective coatings
Researchers
Silver
Stents
Technological change
Transplants & implants
Viruses
Water
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Zusammenfassung:Cunningham details how researchers are pouring new functions into coatings. The newest coatings incorporate multiple functions, offer chemical reactivity or act in response to stimuli in the environment. Once out of the laboratory, they could provide germ-busting door- knobs, artery-opening stents with powerful anticlotting properties, or polymer skins that self-heal before corrosion can mar the covered product.
ISSN:0036-8423
1943-0930