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Plants making gold nanoparticles

Brassica juncea plants making gold nanoparticles

Brassica juncea plants are growing in nutrient that contains gold chloride. They take this up and turn it into tiny particles of gold.

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Rights: Professor Richard Haverkamp
Published: 30 May 2008Size: 135.23 KB
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