Abstract
Catechols are employed by many organisms for diverse functions such as photoprotection, adhesion, immunity, and neuromodulation. We report the use of catechol-containing molecules as a biomimetic strategy to form and functionalize optically-active metallic nanoparticles (NPs).
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