Fluorescent objects created from glass made from molten amino acids
Ruirui Xing et al.
Glass made from amino acids could be used for optical devices implanted in the body that dissolve after use.
Many glass materials use compounds that are not easily recyclable and can be toxic to the environment, which also rules out their use in the human body.
NOW, Xuehai Yan at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and his colleagues have developed a glass composed of chains of organic compounds called amino acids that are not harmful and dissolve in the…