Viral capsids as templates for the production of monodisperse Prussian blue nanoparticles

Andrés de la Escosura; Martijn Verwegen; Friso D Sikkema; Marta Comellas-Aragonès; Andrei Kirilyuk; Theo Rasing; Roeland J M Nolte; Jeroen J L M Cornelissen

doi:10.1039/b800936h

Viral capsids as templates for the production of monodisperse Prussian blue nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Apr 7:(13):1542-4. doi: 10.1039/b800936h. Epub 2008 Feb 25.

Authors

Andrés de la Escosura¹, Martijn Verwegen, Friso D Sikkema, Marta Comellas-Aragonès, Andrei Kirilyuk, Theo Rasing, Roeland J M Nolte, Jeroen J L M Cornelissen

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 18354793
DOI: 10.1039/b800936h

Abstract

The use of a viral template has allowed the synthesis of monodisperse Prussian blue nanoparticles with a diameter of 18 +/- 1.7 nm and their organization into hexagonal patterns on mica and hydrophilic carbon surfaces.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aluminum Silicates / chemistry
Bromovirus / chemistry*
Capsid / chemistry*
Carbon / chemistry
Ferrocyanides / chemical synthesis*
Ferrocyanides / chemistry
Models, Molecular
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Particle Size
Surface Properties
Water / chemistry
Wettability

Substances

Aluminum Silicates
Ferrocyanides
Water
Carbon
ferric ferrocyanide
mica