Now you can clean your clothes with the help of sunlight within minutes.
Scientists have developed , a low cost ,efficient way to grow nano structures on textiles that can degrade organic matter when exposed to light.
The research from RMTT University in Australia pave the way towards nano -enhanced textiles that can spontaneously clean themselves of stain and grime simply by being put under a light bulb or worn out in the sun .
The process has a variety of applications for catalysis -based industries such as agrochemicals,pharmaceuticals and natural products.
The researchers worked with copper and siver based nano structures , which are known for their ability to absorbed visible light .When the nano structures are exposed to light ,they receive an energy boost that creates "hot electrons". These release a bust of energy that enables the nano structures a to degrade organic matter.
The challenge for researchers has been to bring the concept out of the lab , by working out how to build these nano structures on industrial scale and permanently attach them to textiles.The team's approach was to grow the nano structures directly on to the textile by dipping them into a few solutions, resulting in the development of stable nano structures within just thirty minutes.
When exposed to sun light ,it took less than six minutes for some of the nano -enhanced textiles to spontaneously cleans themselves.
"Our next step will be to test our nano -enhanced textiles with organic compounds that could be more relevant to consumers, to see how quickly they can handle common stains like tomato sauce or wine,"Ramanathan said..Ramanathan along with Dipesh kumar and ,vipul bansal all from RMTT University conducted the research.
Scientists have developed , a low cost ,efficient way to grow nano structures on textiles that can degrade organic matter when exposed to light.
The research from RMTT University in Australia pave the way towards nano -enhanced textiles that can spontaneously clean themselves of stain and grime simply by being put under a light bulb or worn out in the sun .
The process has a variety of applications for catalysis -based industries such as agrochemicals,pharmaceuticals and natural products.
The researchers worked with copper and siver based nano structures , which are known for their ability to absorbed visible light .When the nano structures are exposed to light ,they receive an energy boost that creates "hot electrons". These release a bust of energy that enables the nano structures a to degrade organic matter.
The challenge for researchers has been to bring the concept out of the lab , by working out how to build these nano structures on industrial scale and permanently attach them to textiles.The team's approach was to grow the nano structures directly on to the textile by dipping them into a few solutions, resulting in the development of stable nano structures within just thirty minutes.
When exposed to sun light ,it took less than six minutes for some of the nano -enhanced textiles to spontaneously cleans themselves.
"Our next step will be to test our nano -enhanced textiles with organic compounds that could be more relevant to consumers, to see how quickly they can handle common stains like tomato sauce or wine,"Ramanathan said..Ramanathan along with Dipesh kumar and ,vipul bansal all from RMTT University conducted the research.
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