The electrostatic interaction between protein cages and charged gold nanoparticles can be used to assemble nanoparticle superlattices with structures that have not been observed before in nature.
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Maye, M. En route to patchy superlattices. Nature Nanotech 8, 5–6 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.244
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