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Nanoscale Particle Arrays Induced by Highly Ordered Protein Assemblies
Author(s) -
Behrens S.,
Rahn K.,
Habicht W.,
Böhm K.J.,
Rösner H.,
Dinjus E.,
Unger E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20021118)14:22<1621::aid-adma1621>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - nucleation , materials science , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , particle (ecology) , nanoparticle , nanometre , nanowire , metal , noble metal , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry , oceanography , geology
Nanowires are created by nucleation of nanometer‐scaled noble metal particles on microtubules formed from highly ordered protein assemblies. The periodic functional groups of amino acids serve as active sites for nucleation and binding of the metallic nanoparticles to form ordered patterns of particles, which, by further particle growth, generate quasi‐continuous metal coatings (see Figure).