Stirred from within: Micromotors mix for more effective oxidative degradation of chemical weapons
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 06:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Rapidly and efficiently converting chemical weapons into nontoxic products in remote areas is one of the most difficult tasks in the disposal of weapons of mass destruction. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team from the University of California, San Diego has now described how self-propelled micromotors can accelerate the oxidative neutralization of nerve agents by intensively mixing the remediation solution.