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
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

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

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