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For many years, scientists around the world have studied water, the basis of all life on our planet. Expecting to reach disruptive benefits similar to the huge value created by doping silicon and glass fibers, some scientists have been relentlessly searching for ways to dope water and bring about a quantum leap in life sciences similar to those seen in microelectronics and communications. Although early failures such as the now infamous “polywater” discovery discouraged and disappointed some in the scientific community, these temporary setbacks have not halted the effort. The quest to dope water and to create a revolutionary material upon which to base a new generation of aqueous material useful for therapeutics has continued unabated. Recent developments in nanotechnology, which focuses on materials at their nanometer scale, are enabling scientists to experiment with and understand a new class of water-based nanotechnology materials that are poised to become the first generation of “dopedwater” materials.
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Kage, A., Gabbai, E. (2008). Water-Based Nanotechnology. In: Shoseyov, O., Levy, I. (eds) NanoBioTechnology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-218-2_19
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