Issue 13, 2012
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RSC Advances

One-pot crystalline ZnO nanorod growth in mineralizing peptide gels†

Luona Anjia,a   Zengyan Weia  and  Hiroshi Matsui*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City University of New York - Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
E-mail: hmatsui@hunter.cuny.edu

Abstract

A new biomimetic approach for the one-pot synthesis of ZnO nanorods at neutral pH and room temperature is introduced; self-assembly of the ZnO-mineralzing peptides (CN111, PAGLQVGFAVEV-GGGSC) with Zn ions as bundles of nanofibers in the gel form leads to the growth of ZnO nanorod (NRD) inside the gel. This new nanomaterial synthesis may open a new strategy by using the catalytic peptide gels as nanomaterial reactors.

Graphical abstract: One-pot crystalline ZnO nanorod growth in mineralizing peptide gels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA20333B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Feb 2012
Accepted
11 Apr 2012
First published
22 May 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 5516-5519

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One-pot crystalline ZnO nanorod growth in mineralizing peptide gels

L. Anjia, Z. Wei and H. Matsui, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 5516 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20333B

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