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Nanoparticle haloing designs colloids, gels for photonics.

Advanced Materials & Processes, November, 2001

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A technology called "nanoparticle haloing," said to stabilize fine particles in fluids to prevent them from otherwise organizing themselves or coagulating into a disordered gel-like structure, has been reported by NASA researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr.

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Jennifer Lewis, a NASA researcher and professor at Illinois, says "Paint is an example of a fluid that contains suspended colloidal particles. If such particles become unstable, they clump together, causing the paint to thicken substantially. This limits the product's shelf life. By ...

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Manufacturing Industry

Nanoparticle haloing designs colloids, gels for photonics.

Advanced Materials & Processes, November, 2001

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