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A Biomembrane Stencil for Crystal Growth and Soft Lithography of a Thermochromic Molecular Sensor
Author(s) -
Naik Anil D.,
Stappers Linda,
Snauwaert Johan,
Fransaer Jan,
Garcia Yann
Publication year - 2010
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.201001527
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , thermochromism , biological membrane , membrane , wafer , lithography , soft lithography , stencil , optoelectronics , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , biochemistry , computational science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , fabrication
A versatile support and natural stencil— remunerative assets from nature: A composite biomembrane from Allium cepa is introduced as a natural template to seed nanosized crystals and to deposit a thin film of an iron(II)‐based thermochromic molecular sensor. The illustration depicts growth of nanocrystals on the biomembrane and subsequent pattern transfer onto a Si wafer. The original coated membrane displays the functional properties of spin crossover.