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DTSTART:20180126T213000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Nanowire Technology and Toxicity\, Physics Department Colloqui
 um\, Benjamin Gilbert\, LBNL
DESCRIPTION:Asbestosis is a disease provoked by fibers. The nanowires 
 widely used in nanotechnology\, including carbon nanotubes and metalli
 c nanowires\, could be just as toxic. Silver nanowires can create conf
 ormal and flexible percolation networks in electrically conductive\, a
 nd optically transparent films increasingly used in displays and touch
 screens. The health risks of silver nanowires can only be assessed by 
 fundamental research on their cellular uptake and physiological impact
 s. I will present experimental results from an international collabora
 tion I established to discover principles of nanowire interactions wit
 h living cells. By combining X-ray and optical microscopy\, and molecu
 lar probes of endocytosis and dysfunction in cells\, we demonstrate a 
 new biophysical threshold for fiber pathology. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4727
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