Hexagonal close-packed array formed by selective adsorption onto hexagonal patterns

Langmuir. 2009 Apr 9;25(6):3327-30. doi: 10.1021/la8032012.

Abstract

A patterned two-dimensional hexagonally ordered array of ferritin molecules, the outer surfaces of which had been genetically modified by titanium (Ti) specific binding peptides (minT1-LF), was realized in a self-assembling manner on a hexagonal Ti thin film island made on a silicon substrate. The optimum degree of order was realized at the pH with the maximum selectivity of minT1-LF adsorption on the Ti surface with respect to the silicon dioxide (SiO2) surface. Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement revealed that minT1-LF adsorbed onto the Ti surface strongly and irreversibly, but adsorbed onto the silicon dioxide surface weakly and reversibly. It was suggested that the concentration of minT1-LF on the Ti pattern promotes hexagonal close-packed ordering and axis aligning.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Crystallization
  • Ferritins / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Materials Testing
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force / methods
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Quartz
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Peptides
  • Quartz
  • Carbon
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Ferritins
  • Titanium