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Virus‐Templated Silica Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Steinmetz Nicole F.,
Shah Sachin N.,
Barclay J. Elaine,
Rallapalli Ghanasyam,
Lomonossoff George P.,
Evans David. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200801348
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , nanotechnology , fabrication , aqueous solution , virus , solvent , materials science , computer science , chemistry , virology , organic chemistry , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
An engineered variant of the plant virus , Cowpea mosaic virus , can template the controlled fabrication of silica nanoparticles of ≈30‐nm diameter under environmentally benign conditions at ambient temperature and in aqueous solvent. This is the first reported mineralization of the external surface of a cage‐like viral bionanoparticle (see image).