Float and compress: honeycomb-like array of a highly stable protein scaffold.
Organizing nano-objects, proteins in particular, on surfaces is one of the primary goals of bio/chemical nanotechnology. A highly stable protein scaffold (6His-SP1) was organized into a hexagonal 2D array by a new, versatile method. The protein was expelled from solution into the air/water interface and compressed in a Langmuir trough into a closely packed monolayer without the use of phospholipids or other surfactants at the interface. The 2D arrays formed at the air/water interface were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Heyman
Arnon
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The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and the Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Medalsy
Izhar
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Dgany
Or
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Porath
Danny
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Markovich
Gil
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Shoseyov
Oded
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D000388:Air; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water