Galen D. Stucky

TL;DR: A family of soluble proteins from the shell of Haliotis rufescens was introduced over a growing calcite crystal being scanned in situ by an atomic force microscope (AFM), and the observed changes were consistent with the habit modification induced by this family of proteins.

TL;DR: The highly sensitive detection of CN(-) with a detection limit of 80 nM is not only possible in aqueous solution but also in human blood serum.

TL;DR: Two-dimensional solid-state heteronuclear and homonuclear NMR measurements show the molecular proximities of the silica framework sites to the structure-directing surfactants and establish local Si-O-Si bonding connectivities in these materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a design strategy for constructing hierarchically structured materials using nanoparticles and synthetic biopolymers has been developed, where block copolypeptides or homopolymer polyelectrolytes are used as structure-directing agents to arrange nanoparticles (composed of metals, metal non-oxides, metal oxides, or organics) into unusual microstructures, such as spheres, “apples,” and “cups.