REAGENT or RESOURCE	SOURCE	IDENTIFIER
Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins
Silver salt (AgNO3)	Finar, India	CAS No. 7783-90-6
Ethanol	Supelco, India	CAS No. 64-17-5
Hydrofluoric acid	Sigma-Aldrich, India	CAS No. 7664-39-3
HAuCl4.3H2O	Sigma-Aldrich, India	CAS No. 16961-25-4
Antibiotics (penicillin G, kanamycin, ampicillin)	Sigma-Aldrich, India	CAS No. 113-98-4; 64013-70-3; 7177-48-2
DNA bases (adenine, cytosine)	Sigma-Aldrich, India	CAS No. 73-24-5; 71-30-7
Ammonium nitrate	HEMRL, Pune, India	NA
Thiram	Sigma-Aldrich, India	CAS No. 137-26-8
Software and algorithms
Origin	www.originlab.com	Origin 2018
COMSOL	www.comsol.com	COMSOL 5.3
Gatan DM3	www.gatan.com	Gatan Microscopy Suite 3.x
Other
Si wafers (1–10 Ω-cm, p-type)	Macwin India Ltd.	NA
Field emission scanning electron microscope	Carl ZEISS, Ultra 55	https://www.felmi-zfe.at/instrumentation/sem/zeiss-ultra-55/
Transmission electron microscope	Technai	https://www.fei.com/products/tem/tecnai-g2-spirit-for-life-sciences/#gsc.tab=0
X-ray Diffractometer	Bruker D8 advance	https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/diffractometers-and-scattering-systems/x-ray-diffractometers/d8-advance-family/d8-advance.html
UV-Visible spectrophotometer	Jasco V-670	https://www.jasco.de/en/content/V-670/∼nm.13∼nc.407/V-670-UV-VIS-NIR-Spectrophotometer.html
X-ray photoelectron microscope	Thermo Scientific	https://www.thermofisher.com/in/en/home/electron-microscopy/products/xps-instruments/k-alpha.html
Micro-Raman spectrometer	Horiba LabRAM	https://www.horiba.com/ind/scientific/products/detail/action/show/Product/labram-hr-evolution-1083/