Self-assembly and cross-linking of bionanoparticles at liquid-liquid interfaces

Justin T. Russell, Yao Lin, Alexander Böker, Long Su, Philippe Carl, Heiko Zettl, Jinbo He, Kevin Sill, Ravisubhash Tangirala, Todd Emrick, Kenneth Littrell, Pappannan Thiyagarajan, David Cookson, Andreas Fery, Qian Wang, Thomas P. Russell

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) Bionanoparticles, such as the cowpea mosaic virus, can stabilize oil droplets in aqueous solutions by self-assembly at liquid interfaces. Subsequent cross-linking of the bionanoparticles transforms the assemblies into robust membranes that have covalent inter-bionanoparticle connections. The resulting membranes are nanoscopically thin sheets (see SANS image (SANS = small-angle neutron scattering)), which were examined by fluorescent labeling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2420-2426
Number of pages7
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume44
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2005

Keywords

  • Bionanoparticles
  • Interfaces
  • Membranes
  • Self-assembly
  • Viruses

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