Growth of carbon nanotubes on a gold (111) surface using two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particle catalysts derived from iron storage protein

Masato Tominaga; Akihiro Ohira; Atsushi Kubo; Isao Taniguchi; Masashi Kunitake

doi:10.1039/b402984d

Growth of carbon nanotubes on a gold (111) surface using two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particle catalysts derived from iron storage protein

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 7:(13):1518-9. doi: 10.1039/b402984d. Epub 2004 May 27.

Authors

Masato Tominaga¹, Akihiro Ohira, Atsushi Kubo, Isao Taniguchi, Masashi Kunitake

Affiliation

¹ Kumamoto University College of Medical Science, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan. masato@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

PMID: 15216359
DOI: 10.1039/b402984d

Abstract

We report here the preparation of two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particles from the iron storage protein ferritin immobilized on a gold surface. This paper also reports the novel finding of the lattice-oriented like growth of carbon nanotubes on a gold (111) surface using the obtained two-dimensional iron oxide nano-particles on the gold surface as a catalyst.