A novel method for fabrication of unique cobalt nanostructures

作者:Sun Shiyong*; Li Jun; Xiong Ying; Yu Huijie; Tao Nan
来源:Chemistry Letters, 2007, 36(10): 1222-1223.
DOI:10.1246/cl.2007.1222

摘要

In this article, a novel method has been developed for extracellular prepared of amorphous ring and chain cobalt nanostructures using Staphylococcus epidermidis in combination with PVP as template. The nanostructures consist of cobalt nanoparticles with the average particle size of 50 run. The morphological difference between chain and ring nanostructures is determined by the interaction between PVP and bacteria. Extracellular prepation of nanostructures using bacteria as template opens up a new possibility to fabricate metal-based nanostructures in biological system.