Researchers ‘tattoo’ gold nanopatterns onto live cells
New technique can print living cells and tissues with flexible arrays of gold nanodots and nanowires
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New technique can print living cells and tissues with flexible arrays of gold nanodots and nanowires
Read article: Researchers ‘tattoo’ gold nanopatterns onto live cells
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