Electric fields steered nanoparticles through a liquid-filled maze – this new method could improve drug delivery and purification systems
- Written by Daniel K. Schwartz, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Nanoparticles move through materials like tiny cars through a maze. OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty ImagesIn the home, the lab and the factory, electric fields control technologies such as Kindle displays, medical diagnostic tests and devices that purify cancer drugs. In an electric field, anything with an electrical charge – from an...