Nanoparticle biofabrication using English ivy (Hedera helix)
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Nanoparticle biofabrication using English ivy (Hedera helix)
BACKGROUND English ivy (Hedera helix) is well known for its adhesive properties and climbing ability. Essential to its ability to adhere to vertical surfaces is the secretion of a nanocomposite adhesive containing spherical nanoparticles, 60-85 nm in diameter, produced exclusively by root hairs present on adventitious roots. These organic nanoparticles have shown promise in biomedical and cosme...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nanobiotechnology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1477-3155
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-10-41