Egg albumin as a nanoreactor for growing single-crystalline Fe3O4 nanotubes with high yields

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Nov 30:(44):5773-5. doi: 10.1039/b813071j. Epub 2008 Oct 1.

Abstract

Single-crystalline Fe(3)O(4) nanotubes have been synthesized successfully by using egg albumin as a nanoreactor; these three-dimensional material nanotubes are formed through a rolling mechanism under mild biological conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Crystallization
  • Ferric Compounds / chemistry*
  • Magnetics
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes / ultrastructure
  • Ovalbumin / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ferric Compounds
  • ferric oxide
  • Ovalbumin