Bacterial nanowires: conductive as silicon, soft as polymer
Abstract
It was recently discovered that Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, a dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, can grow electrically conductive extracellular appendages. Such bacterial
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b J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, CA, USA
c Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
d Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
e Surface Science Western, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
It was recently discovered that Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, a dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, can grow electrically conductive extracellular appendages. Such bacterial
K. M. Leung, G. Wanger, Q. Guo, Y. Gorby, G. Southam, W. M. Lau and J. Yang, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 6617 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05611E
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