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Dalton Trans., 2009, 8479 - 8480, DOI: 10.1039/b906847c


Environmentally benign synthesis of virus-templated, monodisperse, iron-platinum nanoparticles

Sachin N. Shah, Nicole F. Steinmetz, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, George P. Lomonossoff and David. J. Evans


The use of an engineered variant of a plant virus, Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), as a template for directed mineralization provides an environmentally benign route to monodisperse iron-platinum nanoparticles of approximately 30 nm diameter.

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