from American Chemical Society Journal, NANO
Could a new kind of paper have the
built-in ability to fight diseasecausing
bacteria? Since graphene
was discovered in 2004, there has
been a race to find commercial and
industrial uses, including solar cells,
computer chips and sensors.
However, Chinese scientists took
their research another direction and
discovered antibacterial qualities of
graphene. Their report, in the
American Chemical Society journal
NANO, found bacteria would not
grow on the thinnest possible sheets
of graphene oxide and it had little
adverse effect on human cells. They
project uses ranging from
antibacterial bandages to food
packaging that keeps food fresher
longer to shoes that ward off foot
odor. In addition, this new carbon
nanomaterial may have other
important environmental and clinical
applications.