Viral capsids as templates for the production of monodisperse Prussian blue nanoparticles.
The use of a viral template has allowed the synthesis of monodisperse Prussian blue nanoparticles with a diameter of 18 +/- 1.7 nm and their organization into hexagonal patterns on mica and hydrophilic carbon surfaces.
de la Escosura
Andrés
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Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Verwegen
Martijn
M
Sikkema
Friso D
FD
Comellas-Aragonès
Marta
M
Kirilyuk
Andrei
A
Rasing
Theo
T
Nolte
Roeland J M
RJ
Cornelissen
Jeroen J L M
JJ
D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D017795:Bromovirus / Q000737:chemistry*; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D005295:Ferrocyanides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017155:Wettability
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D005295:Ferrocyanides; D014867:Water; D002244:Carbon; C000170:ferric ferrocyanide; C011934:mica