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
Physicists at Leipzig University have now created a type of neural network that works not with electricity but with so-called active colloidal particles.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The research demonstrates the ability to engineer large, space-filling colloidal crystals using simple geometric considerations.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
Before Paltrow, libertarians gravitated toward colloidal silver in the early aughts in part thanks to a man named Stan Jones, who also turned blue from ingesting too much colloidal silver.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2024
He found that 1 atom-gramme of colloidal platinum gives a sensible catalytic effect when diluted with 70 million litres of water.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
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