title: Float and compress: honeycomb-like array of a highly stable protein scaffold.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Arnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.forename: Izhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Medalsy
authors.forename: Or
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dgany
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porath
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Markovich
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shoseyov
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water