The fresher pressure: extending shelf-lives
Silver nanoparticles, no wider than a human hair strand, can be applied as an antimicrobial coating on to packaging materials like plastic and metal. Image courtesy of Alchemist-hp.
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Silver nanoparticles can be applied as an antimicrobial coating to packaging... -
A pan-European R&D project has been developing a method of coating plastic film.
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