Nanostructured Walls (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Nanostructured Walls

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An electron micrograph shows the pattern of nanostructured walls on the surface of the device. Plopped into a sample of contaminated water and placed in sunlight, it killed more than 99.999 percent of bacteria in just 20 minutes.

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(C. Liu et al., Nature Nanotechnology)

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