Electric currents can be steered by coupling the flow of electrons and ions in films of gold nanoparticles coated with ionic ligands.
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Yu, X., Rotello, V. Going with the electron flow. Nature Nanotech 6, 693–694 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.192
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