title: Staining and etching: a simple method to fabricate inorganic nanostructures from tissue slices.
abstract: Staining and etching is developed for the fabrication of two-dimensional arrays and three-dimensional foam-like metallic nanostructures from a piece of tissue using a combination of metal staining and oxygen plasma etching. This novel nanofabrication technique is repeatable and cost effective, which are very attractive features from the perspective of nanomanufacturing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02144, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoshu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schalek
authors.forename: Qiaobing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D003094:Collagen