Assembly of a bacteriophage-based template for the organization of materials into nanoporous networks.

Courchesne, Noémie-Manuelle Dorval; Klug, Matthew T; Chen, Po-Yen; Kooi, Steven E; Yun, Dong Soo; Hong, Nina; Fang, Nicholas X; Belcher, Angela M et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

M13 bacteriophages are assembled via a covalent layer-by-layer process to form a highly nanoporous network capable of organizing nanoparticles and acting as a scaffold for templating metal-oxides. The morphological and optical properties of the film itself are presented as well as its ability to organize and disperse metal nanoparticles.

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