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Modern molecular biology provides the tools to design surfaces on the nanometer scale. This opens the way to a breakthrough innovation, which can optimize many industrial processes. In a proof-of-concept study, scientists were able to successfully reduce the amount of precious metals required for a diesel oxidation catalyst. This was the first successful application, and right now the biotemplating technology awaits further development for other applications involving catalytic processes or specifically designed surfaces for industrial processes.
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Hofinger, J., Roos, S., Zirpel, K. et al. Industrial biotemplating saves precious metals in catalysts. MTZ Worldw 70, 4–8 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03226963
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03226963