Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
College/Unit
Statler College of Engineering and Mining Resources
Department/Program/Center
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Abstract
The next generation of nanowires that could advance the integration of functional nanosystems into synthetic applications from photocatalysis to optical devices need to demonstrate increased ability to promote electron transfer at their interfaces while ensuring optimum quantum confinement. Herein we used the biological recognition and the self-assembly properties of tubulin, a protein involved in building the filaments of cellular microtubules, to create stable, free standing and conductive sulfur-doped carbon nanodots-based conductive bio-hybrids. The physical and chemical properties (e.g., composition, morphology, diameter etc.) of such user-synthesized hybrids were investigated using atomic and spectroscopic techniques, while the electron transfer rate was estimated using peak currents formed during voltammetry scanning. Our results demonstrate the ability to create individually hybrid nanowires capable to reduce energy losses; such hybrids could possibly be used in the future for the advancement and implementation into nanometer-scale functional devices.
Digital Commons Citation
Hu, Xiao; Dong, Chenbo; Su, Rigu; Xu, Quan; and Dinu, Cerasela Zoica, "Protein Self-Assembly Onto Nanodots Leads To Formation Of Conductive Bio-Based Hybrids" (2016). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1479.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1479
Source Citation
Hu, X., Dong, C., Su, R., Xu, Q., & Dinu, C. Z. (2016). Protein self-assembly onto nanodots leads to formation of conductive bio-based hybrids. Scientific Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38252
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