SEM image of VOC-attracting surface (IMAGE)

Rice University

SEM image of VOC-attracting surface

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A scanning electron microscope image (scale bar is 500 billionths of a meter in length) reveals myriad imperfections like those that Rice University engineers created on the interior walls of materials storage containers. The imperfections keep the surfaces of stored materials clean by attracting volatile organic compounds from air that gets sealed inside the containers.

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Credit: Preston Innovation Laboratory/Rice University

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