Growth of carbon nanotubes on a gold (111) surface using two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particle catalysts derived from iron storage protein.
We report here the preparation of two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particles from the iron storage protein ferritin immobilized on a gold surface. This paper also reports the novel finding of the lattice-oriented like growth of carbon nanotubes on a gold (111) surface using the obtained two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particles on the gold surface as a catalyst.
Tominaga
Masato
M
Kumamoto University College of Medical Science, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan. masato@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Ohira
Akihiro
A
Kubo
Atsushi
A
Taniguchi
Isao
I
Kunitake
Masashi
M