Fabrication of structures on the micro- and nanometer scales is of great importance for both fundamental research and potential applications. While microlithography methods are relatively established, the production of multi-component micro- and nanostructures with high density still presents...

A novel nanofabrication method that combines both "bottom-up" (template-assisted peptide self-assembling) and "top-down" (replica molding) techniques is introduced. A designer peptide, GAV-9 (NH2-VGGAVVAGV-CONH2), can epitaxially self-assemble into nanofilaments on the surface of mica, which is...

Recently, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were reported to increase the specificity and efficiency of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In this paper, we tested the enhancement of AuNPs with five different sizes on the specificity of two-round PCR. The results showed that, except 5.02 nm AuNPs,...