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

Authors

Lan Yao, University of Rhode Island
Gregory O. Andreev, University of California, San Diego
Yana K. Reshetnyak, University of Rhode Island
Oleg A. Andreev, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

11-1-2009

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. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volume

395

Issue

5

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Yao, Lan, Gregory O. Andreev, Yana K. Reshetnyak, and Oleg A. Andreev. "Fabrication of semiconductor nanowires by conjugation of quantum dots to actin filaments." Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 395, 5 (2009): 1563-1566. doi: 10.1007/s00216-009-3077-1.