Abstract
Demonstration of epitaxial lead sulfide (PbS),1 lead selenide (PbSe),2 and cadmium sulfide (CdS)3 growth of semiconductor nanocrystallites under monolayers represents an important milestone in molecular recognition and paves the way for our membrane-mimetic approach to advanced materials synthesis.4 Oriented growth of semiconductor,4.5 as well as glycine,6 sodium chloride,7 barium sulfate,8 calcium carbonate,9 and silver propionate,10 crystallites under monolayers has, of course, been inspired by biomineralization-the selective crystallization at cell membrane surfaces.11–13