Living Templates for the Hierarchical Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles

Dynamic control over the nano-, micro, and macroscopic architectures of materials can be achieved by using living fungi templates for the assembly of DNA-functionalized Au nanoparticles into ordered structures (see scheme). After assembly of one type of particle, a second type of particle can be assembled along the growing direction of the hyphae templates simply by changing the culture solution.

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