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Densely packed silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were produced as continuous films on non-conductive substrates in a site-selective manner. The formation of the AgNPs were directed by blue light using extract from spinach leaves acting as photo-reducing agent. This bio-inspired production of reduced ions nanofilms benefit applications where seed conductive layers are required for the manufacture of metal parts embedded into plastics.
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The authors of this article would like to acknowledge the financial support of the UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the funding of the two research grants entitled Photobioform I (EP/L022192/1) and Photobioform II (EP/N018222/1).
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Desmulliez, M.P.Y., Watson, D.E., Marques-Hueso, J., Ng, J.HG. (2016). A Bio-Inspired Photopatterning Method to Deposit Silver Nanoparticles onto Non Conductive Surfaces Using Spinach Leaves Extract in Ethanol. In: Lepora, N., Mura, A., Mangan, M., Verschure, P., Desmulliez, M., Prescott, T. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9793. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_7
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