Fe3O4-in-silica super crystal of defined interstices for single protein molecules entrapment under magnetic flux

Lin Ye; Chih Hao Yu; PengJu Jiang; Lin Qiu; Olivia T W Ng; Ken K L Yung; Heyong He; Shik Chi Tsang

doi:10.1039/c0cc01958e

Fe3O4-in-silica super crystal of defined interstices for single protein molecules entrapment under magnetic flux

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 28;46(36):6699-701. doi: 10.1039/c0cc01958e. Epub 2010 Aug 16.

Authors

Lin Ye¹, Chih Hao Yu, PengJu Jiang, Lin Qiu, Olivia T W Ng, Ken K L Yung, Heyong He, Shik Chi Tsang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.

PMID: 20714563
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01958e

Abstract

Confocal fluorescence demonstrates that single molecules of dye-labelled Cytochrome C or B5 containing paramagnetic Fe(III) can be magnetically placed into the interstices of super-crystal which is composed of three dimensional regular arrays of Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles.

MeSH terms

Cytochromes b5 / chemistry*
Cytochromes c / chemistry*
Ferrosoferric Oxide / chemistry*
Magnetics*
Microscopy, Confocal
Nanoparticles / chemistry
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*

Substances

Silicon Dioxide
Cytochromes c
Cytochromes b5
Ferrosoferric Oxide