VAULT PROTEIN-TEMPLATED ASSEMBLIES OF NANOPARTICLES

XIAOYING QI, XIAO HUANG, HAI LI, YUSONG WANG, YUN XIA, MEENUBHARATHI NATARAJAN, JUN WEI, SUBBU S. VENKATRAMAN, HUA ZHANG

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Abstract

Recombinant vault nanoparticles are used as stable nanoscale platforms for controlled self-assembly of various kinds of nanoparticles into the predefined multidimensional architectures. High-yield and uniform discoidal assemblies templated by vaults are constructed from gold nanospheres and quantum dots, while dimeric assemblies are formed from relatively-large gold nanocubes. The vault-templated approach appears to be mainly mediated by the surface and dimensional properties of nanoparticles while less affected by the chemical composition of nanoparticles, making it a universal strategy for fabrication of nanoassemblies with designed properties for potential applications. © 2012 World Scientific Publishing Company.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1250001
JournalNano
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • assembly
  • nanoparticle
  • Vault protein

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