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Cover Picture: An Engineered Virus as a Scaffold for Three‐Dimensional Self‐Assembly on the Nanoscale (Small 7/2005)
Author(s) -
Blum Amy Szuchmacher,
Soto Carissa M.,
Wilson Charmaine D.,
Brower Tina L.,
Pollack Steven K.,
Schull Terence L.,
Chatterji Anju,
Lin Tianwei,
Johnson John E.,
Amsinck Christian,
Franzon Paul,
Shashidhar Ranganathan,
Ratna Banahalli R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200590022
Subject(s) - scaffold , nanotechnology , nanoscopic scale , materials science , cover (algebra) , self assembly , engineering , biomedical engineering , mechanical engineering
The cover picture shows an STM tip measuring the network conductance of a nanosized network built from molecular conductors using programmed self‐assembly; a dramatic illustration of the potential of nanoelectronics. Gold nanoparticles are attached to a modified cowpea mosaic virus scaffold. The particles can then be interconnected using thiol‐terminated organic molecules, which act as molecular wires. For more information, please read the Communication "An Engineered Virus as a Scaffold for Three‐Dimensional Self‐Assembly on the Nanoscale" by A. S. Blum and co‐workers on page 702 ff.