Isikhathi esithile singabona ukuthi impilo yethu yansuku zonke ibonakala ihamba kancane kancane ekusetshenzisweni kwazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto namadivayisi ahanjiswa ugesi. Ngenxa yalokhu kanye nokuncika okukhulu esinakho ekusetshenzisweni kwemithombo yezinsalela ukukhiqiza ugesi, into ezogcina iphele kungekudala noma kamuva, kunezinkampani eziningi ezizimele noma ngqo zonke izinhlobo zabaphenyi abasebenza ku sesha ezinye izindlela ukukhiqiza lolu hlobo lwezinsizakusebenza.
Ngalesi sikhathi ngifuna ukukutshela ngomsebenzi omusha osanda kushicilelwa yi I-Limerick University, etholakala e-Ireland, lapho iqembu labacwaningi likwazile ukuthuthukisa indlela entsha uhlelo oluzokwazi ngayo khiqiza ugesi ngezinyembezi. Akungabazeki ukuthi yingqophamlando leyo, okungenani uqobo lwami, engishiye ngididekile ngandlela thile kepha lokho kungasiza kakhulu kunalokho ongakucabanga, ikakhulukazi emkhakheni we-biomedicine.
Ukukhipha ugesi kwezinyembezini kungabaluleka kakhulu esikhathini esizayo esifushane
Njengoba kushiwo abantu abaphethe ucwaningo lapho kudalulwa khona yonke imisebenzi edingekayo ukuze noma imuphi omunye umshini ukwazi ukukhipha ugesi kwezinyembezini, umqondo kungaba ngukuthi faka ingcindezi ku-crystal yeprotheni ukwethula kulolu ketshezi abaningi bethu abavame ukulususa masinyane ebusweni bethu uma seluvele, noma ngabe siyini isizathu. Le ngcindezi etholwa yiprotheni kuzoba yiyo ekugcineni ezokhiqiza ugesi.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa, njengoba kuchaziwe ephepheni elibhaliwe futhi lashicilelwa ngabasebenzi bezocwaningo eNyuvesi yaseLimerick, sikhuluma ngokufaka ingcindezi kwiprotheni eyaziwa ngegama lika lysozyme. Ingxenye ethakazelisa kakhulu yalokhu ukuthi, yize kukhulunywa ngezinyembezi njengomthombo wale protein, iqiniso ukuthi kutholakala kakhulu emvelweni, ngokwesibonelo kumaqanda abamhlophe, amathe noma ubisi uqobo.
Ukubuyela kundlela esetshenzisiwe, lo msebenzi ususelwa ekusetshenzisweni kwe- sbusisosibisi, igama elaziwa ngalo amandla okukhiqiza amandla ezinye izinto ezinalo lapho zicindezelwa kakhulu nokuthi kubuye kufike kwezinye izinto ezifana ne-quartz okuthi, lapho icindezelwa ngamandla ngemishini, ikhiqize ugesi. Njengemininingwane, ngikutshele ukuthi le khwalithi yezinto ezithile ibisaziwa isikhathi esithile futhi namhlanje isivele isetshenziswa ezinhlelweni eziningi zentengiso njengama-resonators efoni ephathekayo, ezithombeni ze-ultrasound ...
U-Aimee Stapleton, umcwaningi obhekele le phrojekthi, ukholelwa ukuthi lolu hlobo lwama-generator kagesi lungaheha kakhulu emkhakheni we-elektroniki eguquguqukayo noma kumadivayisi we-biomedical
Ngamazwi ka I-Aimee stapleton, umbhali oyinhloko walo msebenzi:
Kuze kube manje, amandla wokukhiqiza ugesi kusuka kule protein ayikakahlolwa. Ubukhulu bamandla ka-piezoelectricity kuma-lysozyme crystals abalulekile, ngokulandelana okufanayo nobukhulu njenge-quartz. Kodwa-ke, ngoba iyinto yezinto eziphilayo, ayinabo ubuthi, ngakho-ke ingaba nezinhlelo zokusebenza eziningi ezintsha njengokugcotshwa kwe-electroactive kanye ne-antimicrobial yokufakwa kwezokwelapha.
Okwamanje, iqiniso ukuthi usemningi umsebenzi okusamele wenziwe ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zangempela zalobu buchwepheshe obusha, yize, yize kungenzeka ukuthi ucabanga, ukuthola ugesi kusuka kulolu hlobo lweprotheyini kungaba yinto ethakazelisa kakhulu, mayelana konke ngezihloko ezihlobene ne- i-elektroniki eguquguqukayo noma i amadivayisi we-biomedical.
Njengoba ihambisana kabili, iyi- ukumiselela ngokuphelele ophehla ugesi ojwayelekile we-piezoelectric, okuvame ukuba nezakhi ezinobuthi ezifana nomthofu, noma futhi njengohlelo lokukhipha izidakamizwa emzimbeni, kusetshenziswa i-lysozyme njengepompo ukukhiqiza amandla adingekayo.
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