Egg albumin as a nanoreactor for growing single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanotubes with high yields.
Single-crystalline Fe(3)O(4) nanotubes have been synthesized successfully by using egg albumin as a nanoreactor; these three-dimensional material nanotubes are formed through a rolling mechanism under mild biological conditions.
Geng
Baoyou
B
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China. bygeng@mail.ahnu.edu.cn
Zhan
Fangming
F
Jiang
Han
H
Guo
Yijun
Y
Xing
Zhoujing
Z
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003460:Crystallization; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000737:chemistry*
D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide; D010047:Ovalbumin