title: Egg albumin as a nanoreactor for growing single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanotubes with high yields.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Baoyou
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Fangming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhoujing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xing
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide; D010047:Ovalbumin