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Controlled Alignment of Filamentous Supramolecular Assemblies of Biomolecules into Centimeter‐Scale Highly Ordered Patterns by Using Nature‐Inspired Magnetic Guidance

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), which can be aligned along a magnetic field, were applied to generate large-scale assemblies of biological nanofibers with the orientation of the constituent nanofibers defined by the applied magnetic field. When decorated with MNPs, these nanofibers could be guided by the external magnetic field to become oriented either horizontally or vertically.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303854

Authors: Binrui Cao, Ye Zhu, Lin Wang, Chuanbin Mao

Institution: University of Oklahoma

Language: English

Topic: Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Awards: Tubulin-Binding Upconversion Nanoparticles for Breast-Cancer Imaging and Therapy, Bone-seeking and cell-targeting non-viral vectors for BMP-2 gene delivery, Phage-inspired nanoparticles with genetically tunable target-specificity