Word: biebuyck
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According to Hans Biebuyck, a chemistry graduate student who works in the Whitesides group, the only ingredient missing from nature was an impetus for water to move...
...water's flow, Biebuyck says, is analogous to the movement of molecules across the lipid membranes of human cells. Such membranes are sprinkled with proteins which are hydrophobic on one end and hydrophilic on the other, like the configuration of the silicon surface...
Following through on this analogy, says Biebuyck, the uphill flow provides a simple model which could be useful in clarifying the intricacies of complex biological systems...
...addition, the model may be useful for developing systems in which humans can control how objects move across a surface. For example, scientists have imagined a new type of computer which functions according to principles of surface chemistry. Described by Biebuyck as "wildly speculative," the prototype computer would be driven by chemicals rather than electricity, reducing costs and also the risk of breakdowns...
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