In a surprise discovery, Flinders University researchers in South Australia have produced a range of different types of gold nanotechnology particles by adjusting water flow in the novel vortex fluidic device – without the need for toxic chemicals.
The green chemistry lab work at the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology on nano gold formation also led to the discovery of a contact electrification reaction in water in the device – which resulted in the generation of hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide.
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