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Controlled Self‐Assembly of Rodlike Bacterial Pili Particles into Ordered Lattices

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Pili pickup sticks: Rodlike type 1 bacterial pili particles (see picture, red) self-assemble into highly ordered nanostructures through molecular recognition in the presence of suitable inducers. 1D bundles, 2D double-layer lattices, and 3D multilayer lattices were produced by varying the nature and concentration of the inducers. The self-assembled pili serve as templates for nucleating and organizing inorganic nanomaterials such as silica.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102052

Authors: Binrui Cao, Hong Xu, 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: U.S. Public Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Awards: Bone-seeking and cell-targeting non-viral vectors for BMP-2 gene delivery, G4178925020, Phage-inspired nanoparticles with genetically tunable target-specificity, Phage-Mimetic Nanorods for Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment