Nanosilver and Nanopaper Team Up to Produce Low-Cost Sensors

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Nanotechnology has come to paper. Although the special paper is made from cellulose, like regular paper, the cellulose fibers are on a nanoscale, which gives it lower surface roughness and much higher transparency than traditional paper.
Several applications are being investigated for nanopaper, including their use as filters, wound dressings, sponges that soak up oil pollution, and now as a range of low-cost sensors, thanks to nanosilver particles imbedded in the paper.
‘To date, bacterial nanopaper has been scarcely explored for optical (bio)sensing applications,’ said Arben Merkoi, ICREA Research Professor and director of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group at Institut Catal de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia in Barcelona, Spain.

This post was published at GoldSilverWorlds on September 9, 2015.