Fabrication of semiconductor nanowires by conjugation of quantum dots to actin filaments

Lan Yao; Gregory O Andreev; Yana K Reshetnyak; Oleg A Andreev

doi:10.1007/s00216-009-3077-1

Fabrication of semiconductor nanowires by conjugation of quantum dots to actin filaments

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2009 Nov;395(5):1563-6. doi: 10.1007/s00216-009-3077-1.

Authors

Lan Yao¹, Gregory O Andreev, Yana K Reshetnyak, Oleg A Andreev

Affiliation

¹ Physics Department, University of Rhode Island, 2 Lippitt Rd, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.

PMID: 19730829
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3077-1

Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of fabrication of semiconducting nanowires (quantum dots) using F-actin as a template. Three different approaches of assembling quantum dots into nanowires are described. The nanowires were characterized by fluorescence microscopy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Actins / chemistry*
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Nanowires / analysis*
Nanowires / chemistry
Quantum Dots*
Semiconductors*

Substances

Actins