title: Protein-assisted synthesis of single-crystal nanowires of bismuth compounds.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qingyi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Sridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komarneni
mesh_terms: D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D013440:Sulfides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013440:Sulfides; C033301:bismuth oxide; D009113:Muramidase; D001729:Bismuth; C049897:bismuth sulfide