<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sun, Yun-Lu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tang, Hai-Yan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ribbe, Alexander</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Duzhko, Volodimyr</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Woodard, Trevor L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ward, Joy E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bai, Ying</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nevin, Kelly P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nonnenmann, Stephen S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Russell, Thomas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emrick, Todd</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lovley, Derek R</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conductive Composite Materials Fabricated from Microbially Produced Protein Nanowires.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Small</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Small</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geobacter</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanocomposites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanowires</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polymers</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018 Nov</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e1802624</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Protein-based electronic materials have numerous potential advantages with respect to sustainability and biocompatibility over electronic materials that are synthesized using harsh chemical processes and/or which contain toxic components. The microorganism Geobacter sulfurreducens synthesizes electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) with high aspect ratios (3 nm × 10-30 µm) from renewable organic feedstocks. Here, the integration of G. Sulfurreducens e-PNs into poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as a host polymer matrix is described. The resultant e-PN/PVA composites exhibit conductivities comparable to PVA-based composites containing synthetic nanowires. The relationship between e-PN density and conductivity of the resultant composites is consistent with percolation theory. These e-PNs confer conductivity to the composites even under extreme conditions, with the highest conductivities achieved from materials prepared at pH 1.5 and temperatures greater than 100 °C. These results demonstrate that e-PNs represent viable and sustainable nanowire compositions for the fabrication of electrically conductive composite materials.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30260563?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>