title: Family of multifunctional layered-lanthanum crystalline nanowires with hierarchical pores: hydrothermal synthesis and applications.
abstract: A family of layered-lanthanum crystalline NWs with hierarchical pores was synthesized via a facile hydrothermal route. The diameter of the pores ranged from 2 to 50 nm, covering both the micropore and the mesopore scale. Luminescence was introduced by doping nanowires with Eu(3+) ion. By combining the merits of hierarchical porous nanowires and layered hydroxides, these as-synthesized products have shown a unique bioengineering application of capturing and releasing short DNA fragments rapidly in dilute solution, and environmental engineering applications due to their remarkable capability to remove organic dye from water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Peng-peng
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang