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Crystallization: Nanoparticle Growth via Concentration Gradients Generated by Enzyme Nanopatterns (Adv. Funct. Mater. 24/2014)
Author(s) -
de la Rica Roberto,
Bat Erhan,
Herpoldt Karla L.,
Xie Hainan,
Bertazzo Sergio,
Maynard Heather D.,
Stevens Molly M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470156
Subject(s) - biomineralization , nanoreactor , materials science , crystallization , nanotechnology , nanoscopic scale , nanoparticle , crystal growth , nanostructure , nanolithography , chemical engineering , fabrication , crystallography , chemistry , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Top‐down e‐beam lithography is combined with bottom‐up bioinspired crystal growth by R. de la Rica, M. M. Stevens, and co‐workers to grow nanoparticle clusters of controlled dimensions at desired locations on a chip. On page 3692, the key enabling factor to recreate biomineralization conditions is the patterning of enzyme nanoreactors as lines separated by nanometric distances such that the gradient of crystallization precursors generated by the enzymes is affected by the nanoscale organization of biocatalysts. Image Credit: Miguel Spuch‐Calvar.