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Renaissance Potters Were Nanotechnologists

Posted by Hemos on from the the-first-ones-around dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In this article, Nature says that "tiny metal particles give 15th century Italian ceramics lustre." Nature adds that iridescent glazes -- changing colour when viewed from different perspectives -- were achieved by using "particles of copper and silver of between 5 and 100 billionths of a metre across." And the story becomes even more interesting. Nanotechnology meets alchemy! "The ability to change colour was regarded as an alchemical property, making iridescence magic too." Read this summary for more details. And for more information, you can read the abstract of this research paper, "Copper in glazes of Renaissance luster pottery: Nanoparticles, ions, and local environment," published by the Journal of Applied Physics."

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Score:-1, Troll

    1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YOU FAIL IT!

    2. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Nice use of images.google.com by a fp. +.00001 funny offtopic post.

    3. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You fail to tell him that he failed it first. Or something. :-P

    4. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Result number 4, troll-sketch.jpg... Oh my dear God in heaven, how glorious! The biggest, most beautiful bitch-tits mine eyes hath e're laid upon! The Lord hath blessed thee with His magnificent jugs! Like heavenly vessels filled with the sweetest of wines, I would drink from the Fount of Boobs, and Knowledge would find itself in me! Snap twin....

      And God said, "Build me a toaster, you retard."

  2. FRIZZLE PIZZLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This first post generated with nanotechnology! wewt!

  3. Re:Nanoparticles? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to mention that finely ground up stuff has MADE YOU FAIL IT!

  4. Re:So would that would make the President... by JohnnyX12 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But remember, he just held it in his nose, he never actually breathed it in.

  5. Re:Does that make... by SeanAhern · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Okay, I'm asking you about "loom".