Tinker, tailor, nanoparticle maker

Scientists in the US have described a new way of preparing gold nanoparticle superstructures with tailorable thicknesses, formed using a self-assembled gold-binding peptide conjugate template. Nathaniel Rosi and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, examined how the synthesis and assembly mechanism impacts the organization of the superstructures.

The article is free to access until the 8th of October, so why not download the article today and blog your thoughts and comments below?

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)