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Virus‐Templated Silica Nanoparticles

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: An engineered variant of the plant virus, Cowpea mosaic virus, can template the controlled fabrication of silica nanoparticles of ≈30-nm diameter under environmentally benign conditions at ambient temperature and in aqueous solvent. This is the first reported mineralization of the external surface of a cage-like viral bionanoparticle (see image).

Source: Small

DOI: 10.1002/smll.200801348

Authors: Nicole F. Steinmetz, Sachin N. Shah, J. Elaine Barclay, Ghanasyam Rallapalli, George P. Lomonossoff, David. J. Evans

Institutions: John Innes Centre, Scripps Research Institute, Norwich Research Park

Language: English

Topic: Diatoms and Algae Research

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Awards: Cowpea mosaic virus as a pre-formed bionanotemplate for directed mineralization., The exploitation of viruses for bionanoscience and synthetic biology approaches to new materials and devices, G7762369647, G8671268972