Advanced Materials, Vol.23, No.46, 5509-5509, 2011
Fabrication of Left-Handed Metal Microcoil from Spiral Vessel of Vascular Plant
Silver microcoil is fabricated through a biotemplating process combined with electroless plating. Spiral vessels in Lotus root are employed as a biotemplate because of their left-handed coil structure. The silver microcoil exhibits a solenoidal microcoil showing self-inductance in the level of picohenry, which could be applied for electromagnetic-responsive materials in the high-frequency region such as millimeter waves or terahertz waves.