Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World by Nick Lane

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World



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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World Nick Lane ebook
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198607830, 9780198607830
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Page: 388


Above is a class 100 clean room. Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made a sheet of paper from the world's thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with countless cracks, pores, and other imperfections. The nanoparticles could improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy. The result is a In both instances, the heat from the laser or photoflash literally caused mini-explosions throughout the paper, as the oxygen atoms in graphene oxide were violently expelled from the structure. Click on the link to find out more about Antioxidants and Wellness Choices that might help you to find better solutions to your health. Chapter 1; Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World. Scientists in Canada have made nanoparticles that release singlet oxygen when a laser beam is shone on them. Tomorrow's Material World is Being Built at the Molecular Foundry S. This is the basis of photodynamic therapy, a treatment for some cancers. Nick Lane's book, Oxygen The Molecule that made the World, is a surprising volume. In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. Under the right conditions, oxygen, light and photosensitiser molecules combine to generate a short-lived poisonous oxygen species called singlet oxygen.