At 11:14 AM 8/19/2004 +0900, you wrote: >I have a hunch that colloidosomes (colloid bodies) will become a big >business in the nanotechnology field, given the intense interest in >self-assembly at the atomic/molecular level. Probably there will be >some medical/pharmaceutical applications as well. In a surge of >opportunistic parasitism, I even registered colloidosomes.com as a >domain name, but of course it does not have enough "hits" to register >on Google. Many obscure aspects of nanotech are likely to become >unbelievably important in the next few decades. . . . ## I have a pharm researcher friend who is currently working on nano-particles. He ain't talking. > >Like jrowland I wonder whether our homebrew CS includes colloidosomes; >are these possibly the larger molecular aggolmerates we find in >less-effective generators like the much-criticized Robey device? (I >have one.) Or are the heavy/sparkly Tyndall effects due a cruder, >less organized kind of clustering?
## The Robey is not a "bad" generator, it's just not better than a set of batteries...and costs a lot more than a set of batteries. It does, at least, control electrode spacing which most battery setups don't. The sparklies are generally elecrode crud [plateout and oxide deposit] that got blown , fell or washed off the electrodes. If left alone for a few days, it settles out. Ode > >The expertise of some list members would be welcome. . . . > > > > >On Wednesday, Aug 18, 2004, at 15:12 Asia/Tokyo, [email protected] >wrote: > >> >> Could this be relevant to CS? >> "...When forced to arrange themselves on >> a flat surface, the repulsion between >> charged particles will lead to the >> formation of a lattice composed of >> identical triangles of particles to >> minimise the energy of the >> system...Researchers studying spherical >> structures for the last hundred years or >> so have puzzled over how to wrap charged >> particles around a sphere because the >> triangle-based lattice breaks down...An >> electron microscope image of a >> colloidosome >> http://www.chemweb.com/alchem/images/0303sphere.jpg >> a water droplet coated in colloid >> (polystyrene) beads..." >> hhttp://tinyurl.com/4frfr >> [Not sure if free registration required] >> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >> OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> > >
