colloidal
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The researchers introduced light sensitive molecules known as photoacids into a liquid containing colloidal particles.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
Light programmable colloidal crystals may eventually enable reconfigurable optical coatings, adaptive sensors, and next generation display and data storage technologies, where patterns and functions are defined dynamically by illumination rather than fixed during manufacturing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
They can determine where crystallization occurs, reshape and "sculpt" the structures, and enhance their uniformity and size to create larger and more intricate colloidal assemblies.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
They even sold bottles of their own colloidal silver online, which they touted as a “cure-all” substance and one of the “most healing” medicines on the planet that can boost the body’s immune system.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024
Like albumin this precipitate forms flakes, and is deposited slowly as a gelatinous colloidal mass.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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