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Protein-sheathed SWNT as a versatile scaffold for nanoparticle assembly and superstructured nanowires

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One dimensional (1D) nanostructures have many possible applications in electronic, optical, and sensing devices associated with their nanosized lateral dimensions. In this regard, a general and bottom-up strategy to synthesize 1D nanoparticle arrays and conductive nanowires with a facile structural/compositional control is highly desired. We herein report a protein-sheathed single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) that satisfies the criteria for an ideal template to assemble micron-long gold nanoparticle (AuNP) linear arrays with high structural rigidity. The resulting AuNP array has minimized inter-particle gaps, which is especially useful to template the overgrowth of Ag, Pd, and Pd/Ag metals into continuous nanowires (Au@M, M=Ag, Pd, Ag/ Pd). Our method successfully overcomes the incompatibility between carbon and metal materials, and the resulting superstructured metal nanowires have a tunable diameter below 100 nm and a shape closely replicating a SWNT. The Ag nanowires are composed of coalesced Au@Ag coreshell nanoparticles, while the Pd and Pd/Ag nanowires are made of very fine Pd nanocrystallites around the AuNP cores. These unique structural features are pivotal to various applications including surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), electrocatalysis, and gas sensors.

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This work was supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (21425521), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21521001), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFA0201300), and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology.

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    Jinjing Wu, Yang Yang & Zhaoxiang Deng

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Wu, J., Yang, Y. & Deng, Z. Protein-sheathed SWNT as a versatile scaffold for nanoparticle assembly and superstructured nanowires. Sci. China Chem. 61, 1128–1133 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-018-9307-y

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