Midas touch virus builds gold nanobeads on demand

Bacteria and viruses can be productive little critters, and we might be able to harness them to build materials, fuels, oil, oxygen and antibiotics. Now, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found a way to use viruses to build gold nanobeads, which can then be used to purify water and could eventually help cut the cost and time required to produce electronic components.

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Category: Materials

Tags:

• Electronic
• Gold
• Materials
• Nanomaterials
• UC Riverside
• Virus

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