Self-cleaning laundry may be on the way
Researchers in Australia say they have found a way to alter fabric so that stains disappear after a few minutes of sun exposure.
They dip the fabric into a special solution that coats it with microscopic copper and silver particles. When hit with light, these particles jump to life and act a bit like bleach.
"They get excited, then they degrade organic matter," one of the researchers, Rajesh Ramanathan, told CNNMoney on Wednesday. The tiny materials don't eat into the cotton "because cotton is cellulose -- is very tough."
Ramanathan is part of a team from the Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility at RMIT University in
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