UC-San Diego: Researchers Make Gemstones With Salty, Soapy Water for the First Time
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
LA JOLLA, California, April 23 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
Collaborators from the University of California San Diego and New York University (NYU) used salt, soap and water to make "bling" with a proposed novel experiment by UC San Diego's Jeremie Palacci to form ionic colloidal crystals from common colloids. Their research findings are published in the April 22 issue of Nature.
An example of a colloidal crystal . . .
Collaborators from the University of California San Diego and New York University (NYU) used salt, soap and water to make "bling" with a proposed novel experiment by UC San Diego's Jeremie Palacci to form ionic colloidal crystals from common colloids. Their research findings are published in the April 22 issue of Nature.
An example of a colloidal crystal . . .