Nanoparticles Flashcards by Yug Patel | Brainscape

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What are nanoparticles?

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Particles with a diameter between 1 and 100 nanometers

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Why are nano-particles so useful?

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Very large surface area to volume ratio
As an object gets smaller, its volumr decreases faster than its surface area

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Uses of nanoparticles

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Used as catalysts (very large surface area)
In nanomedicine (buckminster fullerene used to transport drugs around the body)

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Issues with nanoparticles

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No evidence saying they are harmful but not enough testing done to say they are harmless

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