New antibacterial material for bandages, food packaging, shoes
Date: 2.8.2010
A **new form of paper** with the built-in ability to **fight disease-causing bacteria** could have applications that range from **anti-bacterial bandages to food packaging** that keeps food fresher longer to shoes that ward off foot odor. A report about the new material, which consists of the thinnest possible **sheets of carbon**, appears in ACS Nano.
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