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Chementator: Nanobatons trap oil . . .  . . .  as does nanopaper    

| By Gerald Ondrey

Scientists at Rice University (Houston, Tex.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7374-547) have shown how baton-shaped nanoparticles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets in water by spontaneously assembling into tiny sacs. The particles — composed of…