title: Templated assembly of organic-inorganic materials using the core shell structure of the P22 bacteriophage.
abstract: Biomimetic chemistry offers new approaches to supramolecular materials synthesis and assembly. We have demonstrated that an assembled viral protein cage, comprising an organic core-shell structure, can be used as a template for the size constrained synthesis of Fe(2)O(3). Particle nucleation is directed by the inner scaffold protein layer, while the size constraints are determined by the outer capsid layer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reichhardt
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peter E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Prevelige
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D017100:Bacteriophage P22 / Q000737:chemistry*; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010316:Particle Size
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide