Scientists conjure up the thinnest spaghetti in the world in the laboratory!

Scientists conjure up the thinnest spaghetti in the world in the laboratory!

Scientists at the University College London created the thickest spaghetti in the world - on a tiny scale! These new spaghetti are only 372 nanometers thick and thus about 200 times thinner than human hair. The 糸 need the electrospiner method for production, in which a mixture of flour and a special liquid is pressed using electrical load by fine needles. Adam Clancy, one of the chemists, said that their technology is similar to the traditional pasta production, but with luxury materials. As Today.

nanotechnology meets pasta

Despite the rather unsavory ingredient, the result could be edible because the dangerous acid evaporates during the production process. Although they have not tested the nano-spaghetti for consumption, the researchers suspect that they were boiling in less than a second. The aim of the development is nanofibers that are to be used in biomedicine and industry. They could be used in associations for wound healing because they are also water and bacterial repellent, such as Spiegel.de emphasized.

The researchers are optimistic that they can use this sustainable material development to contribute to the reduction of plastic waste, because this new material could be biodegradable. Due to their high porosity, these nano-spaghetti could also play an important role in medical research and in renewable medicine. The team is now planning further tests to check the properties of this fascinating new pseudo-pasta and find out whether it can be made on a large scale.

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OrtUniversity College London, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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