Concurrent Synthesis of Zero- and One-Dimensional, Spherical, Rod-, Needle-, and Wire-Shaped CuO Nanoparticles by Proteus mirabilis 10B

Figure 7

TEM micrograph of strain 10B synthesized extracellular CuO-NPs; (a) intact cell with EPS supplied with needle and spherical shaped CuO-NPs, (b) needle- or spindle-shaped CuO-NPs (magnified view) (large view in the bottom right square), (c) sheet- or flake-shaped CuO-NPs, and (d) nanowire CuO-NPs.

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