Inter-aromatic distances in Geobacter sulfurreducens pili relevant to biofilm charge transport.

Adv Mater

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.

Published: March 2015

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