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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz Joined: 2023-12-09

The team used alginate to make materials they call soft dendritic colloids (SDCs). These are particles with hierarchical branches that give them a fuzzy appearance under a microscope and, much like gecko feet, create a large surface area that boosts van der Waals forces and makes the material really sticky. Velev says a single SDC particle can capture more than a thousand polymer particles from a suspension (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202423494).

budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net Joined: 2025-03-17

This is great research, just foundational chemistry work solving a real problem. I've cross-posted it to the Science community.

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