Fabrication of nanoscale metallic spirals using phospholipid microtubule organizational templates |
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Authors: | Price Ronald R Dressick Walter J Singh Alok |
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Affiliation: | Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA. |
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Abstract: | We describe the fabrication of metallic Cu spiral/helical nanostructures prepared via selective electroless metallization of a phospholipid microtubule template. The metallization template is created through selective, sequential adsorption of the oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, sodium poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI), onto nanoscale seams naturally occurring on the microtubule surface. A negatively charged Pd(II) nanoparticle catalyst is bound to the terminal cationic PEI layer of the multilayer film and initiates selective template metallization to form the helical Cu nanostructures. Details of the process are presented, and a mechanism and factors affecting the control of the feature critical dimensions are discussed. |
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