title: Microbe manufacturers of semiconductors.
abstract: Synthesis of cadmium sulfide (CdS) semiconductor nanoparticles within a prokaryotic organism is reported for the first time by Sweeney et al. This paper demonstrates the utility of microorganisms to perform chemistries outside the scope of their "normal" metabolism and offers an environmentally benign synthesis of CdS nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flenniken
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012666:Semiconductors; D013440:Sulfides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide