Charge modified cowpea mosaic virus particles for templated mineralization

Alaa A. A. Aljabali, J. Elaine Barclay, Oscar Cespedes, Abdul Rashid, Sarah S. Staniland, George P. Lomonossoff, David J. Evans

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Abstract

Surface charge modification of wild-type Cowpea mosaic virus, a plant virus, is sufficient to promote the templated mineralization of metal and metal oxide. Surface negative charge is increased by the chemical introduction of succinamate on surface lysine groups. The cobalt and iron oxide templated nanoparticles subsequently obtained are monodisperse with a diameter of ca. 32 nm. Further, the iron oxide-CPMV nanoparticles can be readily decorated with thiol-containing molecules.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4137-4142
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume21
Issue number21
Early online date28 Sep 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2011

Keywords

  • viruses
  • nanoparticles
  • iron oxide
  • cobalt

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