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Abstract
The copper–carbon substrate of a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) grid reacted with aqueous silver nitrate solution within minutes to yield spectacular tree-like silver dendrites, without using any added capping or reducing reagents. These results demonstrate a facile, aqueous, room-temperature synthesis of a range of noble metal nano- and meso-structures that have widespread technological potential in the design and development of next-generation fuel cells, catalysts, and antimicrobial coatings.
Australian Journal of Chemistry 62(3) 260–264 doi:10.1071/CH08433Submitted: 10 October 2008 Accepted: 16 December 2008 Published: 20 March 2009





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