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Hybrid nanomaterials

Not just a pretty flower

Nature Nanotechnology volume 7, pages 415–416 (2012)Cite this article

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Combining copper(II) phosphate and proteins leads to the formation of hybrid nanostructures that are shaped like flowers and have enhanced catalytic activity and stability.

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Figure 1: Hybrid nanoflowers are formed by combining an inorganic and organic component.

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  1. Younan Xia is at The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA

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  1. Jie Zeng is at the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China,

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Zeng, J., Xia, Y. Not just a pretty flower. Nature Nanotech 7, 415–416 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.105

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