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Controlling Nanostructures of Mesoporous Silica Fibers by Supramolecular Assembly of Genetically Modifiable Bacteriophages
Author(s) -
Mao Chuanbin,
Wang Fuke,
Cao Binrui
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201107824
Subject(s) - mesoporous silica , supramolecular chemistry , nanotechnology , mesoporous material , template , hexagonal crystal system , materials science , dispersity , calcination , nanostructure , bacteriophage , chemistry , crystallography , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene , catalysis
A useful virus : The synthesis of a new family of mesoporous silica fibers is reported. Monodisperse filamentous bacteriophages self‐assembled into highly ordered hexagonal lattices that were used as templates for the formation of silica nanostructures. Removal of the bacteriophage assembly through calcination led to the formation of mesoporous silica fibers with pore structures precisely defined by the bacteriophage assembly (see picture).