Plasmon-Activated Water can Prolong Existing Sea-Ice Habitats to Potentially Save Polar Bears.

ABSTRACT: Due to increasing global warming resulting from the greenhouse effect, subsequent environmental impacts and corresponding ecological influences are unavoidable. These problems are becoming more serious with time. Due to rising temperatures, the survival crisis of polar bears is a very often reported issue, because polar bears are encountering shortened seasons for catching prey on their sea-ice habitat. In this work, we report an innovative and facile strategy to save polar bears via prolonging the existence of ice layers based on plasmon-activated water (PAW). PAW with a reduced hydrogen-bonded network can be created by letting bulk deionized (DI) water flow through supported gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) under resonant illumination. Experimental results indicated that the freezing time of P

SUBMITTER: Yang CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6639346 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature