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Biomimetic self-templating supramolecular structures

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  • Woo-Jae Chung

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Jin-Woo Oh

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Kyungwon Kwak

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Byung Yang Lee

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Joel Meyer

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Eddie Wang

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Alexander Hexemer

    (Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Seung-Wuk Lee

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Abstract

Synthesis using controlled self-templating Self-templating is widely used in nature to synthesize hierarchical structures. Depending on the self-templating conditions, a number of structures with different characteristics can be formed from the same constituents. This study describes an elegant fabrication method that produces helically twisted functional materials directly onto a glass surface using a finely controlled one-step process. The starting material is the chiral colloidal particle, M13 phage, which forms liquid crystals. The particle self-assembles on the surface of a glass slide as it is pulled upwards out of the solution. By varying the phage concentration (the liquid crystalline phase of the solution) and the pulling speed, three distinct long-range-ordered supramolecular chiral structures can be produced, each with important optical and photonic properties. In addition, functionalization of the surface of the M13 phage with bioactive peptide ligands induces ordered growth of both soft and hard biological tissues.

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  • Woo-Jae Chung & Jin-Woo Oh & Kyungwon Kwak & Byung Yang Lee & Joel Meyer & Eddie Wang & Alexander Hexemer & Seung-Wuk Lee, 2011. "Biomimetic self-templating supramolecular structures," Nature, Nature, vol. 478(7369), pages 364-368, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:478:y:2011:i:7369:d:10.1038_nature10513
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10513
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    1. Kyung Sun Park & Zhengyuan Xue & Bijal B. Patel & Hyosung An & Justin J. Kwok & Prapti Kafle & Qian Chen & Diwakar Shukla & Ying Diao, 2022. "Chiral emergence in multistep hierarchical assembly of achiral conjugated polymers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Lei Tian & Leon He & Kyle Jackson & Ahmed Saif & Shadman Khan & Zeqi Wan & Tohid F. Didar & Zeinab Hosseinidoust, 2022. "Self-assembling nanofibrous bacteriophage microgels as sprayable antimicrobials targeting multidrug-resistant bacteria," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.

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