linkedin post 2015-08-21 05:16:31

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ILLUSTRATION. "One prime example of surface area to volume ratio at the nanoscale is gold as a nanoparticle. At the macroscale, gold is an inert element, meaning it does not react with many chemicals, whereas at the nanoscale, gold nanoparticles become extremely reactive and can be used as catalysts to speed up reactions." https://lnkd.in/eVGK7pM View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-08-21 05:09:09

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SURFACE AREA. "Nanoscale materials have far larger surface areas that similar masses of large scale materials. As surface area per mass of material increases, a greater amount of the material can come into contact with surrounding materials, thus affecting reactivity." https://lnkd.in/e-N6F8s View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-08-21 05:01:17

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UNUSUAL PROPERTIES of materials, either intrinsic or artificially created, represents an opportunity to exploit those properties for programmable materials or for making useful technologies. Nature provides an infinite number of examples, many of which were innocently discovered by exploring coloration and light diffraction from natural objects. https://lnkd.in/e2grmv8 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-08-21 04:53:36

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GEORGE CHURCH AND LEFTIES. Mirror life thought experiment: "create a life form that runs on a different operating system from our own, based in mirror-image versions of earthly protein and DNA. Let these alien cells grow and mutate, and see how they survive." https://lnkd.in/epWqxGi View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-08-20 05:50:39

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EXTRATERRESTIAL. "The finding of small but significant L-enantiomeric excesses (ee) in some amino acids of carbonaceous meteorites that are rare or unknown in the biosphere appears to indicate that interstellar and planetary chemical evolution (i.e., purely physicochemical abiotic processes) could yield chiral asymmetry." https://lnkd.in/eVkEQQj View in LinkedIn
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