Meade and his colleague, Jon Faiz Kayyem, first took a short length of DNA and modified it at each end by adding
the element ruthenium and various aromatic side - groups.
But
the element ruthenium is rare and expensive, making it unsuitable for use in rechargeable batteries.
To accomplish this, they used compounds of the chemical
element ruthenium as a catalyst.
Not exact matches
The platinum - group
elements are a group of six
elements, - platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and
ruthenium, (Ru).