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Biotemplated Metal Nanowires Using Hyperthermophilic Protein Filaments
Author(s) -
Slocik Joseph M.,
Kim Sang Nyon,
Whitehead Timothy A.,
Clark Douglas S.,
Naik Rajesh R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200900499
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , conductivity , electrode , metal , chemistry , metallurgy
Self‐assembled hyperthermophilic γ ‐prefoldin protein filaments are used to template different metal nanoparticle wires. Filaments are uniformly decorated with small nanoparticles along the length of the protein and exhibit good conductivity behavior when aligned across an electrode gap.