Brassica juncea plants making gold nanoparticles
Rights: Professor Richard Haverkamp Published 30 May 2008 Size: 140 KB Referencing Hub media

Brassica juncea plants are growing in nutrient that contains gold chloride. They take this up and turn it into tiny particles of gold.

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