Biological systems such as DNA and viruses have been frequently used as templates for the
synthesis of functional nanomaterials. Here, we employed protein fibrils to direct the …

Metal nanoparticles exhibit unique size-and spatial organization-dependent physical and
chemical properties, and have a wide range of applications in various areas including single …

We reported a facile method for preparing self-assembled noble metal nanoparticle chains
by using lysozyme amyloid fibrils as a biotemplate in an aqueous environment. The …

Biomolecular templates provide an excellent potential tool for bottom-up device fabrication.
Self-assembling α-synuclein protein fibrils, the formation of which has been linked to …

A new synthetic strategy enabling highly controlled aqueous-phase palladium crystallization
on the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is demonstrated without the addition of external reducing …

Abstract Palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) play an important role as catalysts in various
chemical reactions. In this paper, a new strategy is developed to synthesize thin films of …

The single crystalline palladium nano-squares with an average side length of~ 10 nm were
successfully prepared by using a one-step, one-pot polyol-hydrothermal process, in an …

In solution‐based synthesis of colloidal nanostructures, additions of ligands, stabilizers, and
redox reagents are generally required to obtain desirable structures, though ligands and …

Inspired by nature's ability to fabricate supramolecular nanostructures from the bottom-up,
materials scientists have become increasingly interested in the use of biomolecules like …

We report a methodology for synthesis of palladium (Pd) nanospring structures using an
anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane template and facile electrochemical deposition …