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Inorganic–Organic Nanotube Composites from Template Mineralization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Author(s) -
Shenton Wayne,
Douglas Trevor,
Young Mark,
Stubbs Gerald,
Mann Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199903)11:3<253::aid-adma253>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - tobacco mosaic virus , materials science , template , nanotube , transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , composite material , virus , carbon nanotube , biology , virology
Biological molecules offer new and exciting possibilities as templates for the synthesis of inorganic nanotubes. Tobacco mosaic virus consists of helically arranged protein subunits that produce a hollow protein tube, which, it is reported here, acts as a template for a range of nanotube fabrications. Iron oxide is one such example, a transmission electron micrograph of which, after aging for 6 months, is depicted in the Figure.