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 Fe2O3. Particle nucleation is directed by the inner scaffold protein layer, while the size constraints are determined by the outer capsid layer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6326-6328 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 14 2011 |