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Virus‐Based Nanoparticles with Inorganic Cargo: What Does the Future Hold?
Author(s) -
Bronstein Lyudmila M.
Publication year - 2011
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.201001992
Subject(s) - nanoreactor , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , template , capsid , virus , nucleation , materials science , chemistry , virology , biology , organic chemistry
An analysis of the accumulated knowledge on virus‐based nanoparticles (VNPs) consisting of virus protein capsids and inorganic cargo, such as nanoparticles (NPs), nanowires, and thin layers, is presented. Virus capsids (VCs) can serve either as templates or nanoreactors when inorganic materials are formed outside or inside VCs. The third possibility is when inorganic NPs nucleate the formation of VCs. The structural and mechanistic studies of VNP formation are paving the way to a better understating of virus structure and behavior, and these facilitate promising applications of VNPs in biomedical and materials research.