Thursday, December 27, 2012

Nanomaterials: Earthworms lit with quantum dots

Soshan Cheong



Nature Nanotechnology 8, 6 (2013). doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.241


Authors: Richard D. Tilley & Soshan Cheong


Yeast, bacteria and fungi have been used to synthesize a variety of nanocrystals. Now, the metal detoxification process in the gut of an earthworm is exploited to produce biocompatible cadmium telluride quantum dots.






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