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drwexHow many cool words can you find in this sentence:
We ARE living in the future. Apparently this stuff can be folded by hand, cut with scissors, and yet withstand temperatures up to 700C.
For us photogeeks: This stuff can regenerate its chemical composition after exposure to UV light. Reusable photographs, anyone?
Of course it's all lab wonk stuff now, which means commercial applications in about 20 years, but Still Too Cool.
Here's the pub abstract:
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jpcbfk/2006/110/i34/abs/jp0637633.html
Nanopaper is a 3D rendering of thermally stable nanomaterials made of long nanowires created from titanium oxide using a hydrothermal heating process.
We ARE living in the future. Apparently this stuff can be folded by hand, cut with scissors, and yet withstand temperatures up to 700C.
For us photogeeks: This stuff can regenerate its chemical composition after exposure to UV light. Reusable photographs, anyone?
Of course it's all lab wonk stuff now, which means commercial applications in about 20 years, but Still Too Cool.
Here's the pub abstract:
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jpcbfk/2006/110/i34/abs/jp0637633.html
