Protein-assisted synthesis of single-crystal nanowires of bismuth compounds.
Lysozyme, a protein, has been found to be a new morphology-directing agent and a simple and mild bio-molecule assisted method has been proposed for the synthesis of single-crystal bismuth sulfide and oxide nanowires.
Gao
Feng
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Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Lu
Qingyi
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Komarneni
Sridhar
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D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D013440:Sulfides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D013440:Sulfides; C033301:bismuth oxide; D009113:Muramidase; D001729:Bismuth; C049897:bismuth sulfide