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Can Plasma Make Nanoparticles? Yes. I Discovered Some By Accident (And My Advisor Told Me to Drop It)
Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: can plasma make nanoparticles? Yes. And a personal story about how I accidentally discovered some in grad school, why my advisor made me drop it, and the focus lesson that stuck with me.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 The question, and a story to go with it
00:11 The quick technical answer: yes, from many precursors
00:19 Flame and plasma are both good candidates for a reactive synthesis environment
00:31 Oxidize, atomize, condense onto surfaces to grow nanomaterials
00:59 The nano boom era: every proposal we wrote had "nano" in the title
01:06 The chemists laughed…
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