'Ship in a bottle' detects dangerous vapors
Rice University lab traps metallic compounds to sniff out signs of hazardous solvents
14-Oct-2013 -
Rice University scientists took a lesson from craftsmen of old to assemble microscopic compounds that warn of the presence of dangerous fumes from solvents.
The researchers combined a common mineral, zeolite, with a metallic compound based on rhenium to make an "artificial nose" that can sniff ...
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