Bio-inspired chemical reactors for growing aligned gold nanoparticle-like wires.
Bioinspired masks, created by merging sol-gel chemistry with biotemplating, were used as local chemical reactors to grow aligned arrays of gold nanoparticle-like wires.
Lu
Zhe-Xue
ZX
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA.
Wood
Lynn F
LF
Ohman
Dennis E
DE
Collinson
Maryanne M
MM
D019149:Bioreactors; D006046:Gold; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D053770:Nanowires
D006046:Gold