Biotemplated nanostructures: directed assembly of electronic and optical materials using nanoscale complementarity
Biotemplated nanostructures: directed assembly of electronic and optical materials using nanoscale complementarity
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DOI：
10.1039/b711764g
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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Kelley, Shana O.
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作者：
Ma, Nan;Sargent, Edward H.;Kelley, Shana O.
生物学和材料工程的世界传统上是截然不同的。生物材料的自发组装与高性能材料通常所需的合理制造形成了鲜明的对比。这些不同领域的合并代表了一个巨大的机会，因为生物分子可以组织成复杂的、功能复杂的结构，而这种结构正是制造下一代医学、计算、通信、能源和环境材料所迫切需要的精确控制。在过去的几年里，利用生物分子的结构作为纳米材料的支架和模板已经取得了巨大的进展。本概述讨论了如何编码的蛋白质和核酸内的序列和结构信息可以用来编程纳米材料的合成。
The worlds of biology and materials engineering have traditionally been quite distinct. The spontaneous assembly of biological materials presents a stark contrast to the rational fabrication conventionally required for high-performance materials. The merger of these diverse fields represents a tremendous opportunity, given that biomolecules can organize into intricate, functionally sophisticated structures exactly the sort of precise control urgently needed to make the next generation of materials for medicine, computing, communications, energy, and the environment. In the last several years, tremendous advances have been made towards using the structures of biomolecules as scaffolds and templates for nanomaterials. This overview discusses how the sequence and structural information encoded within proteins and nucleic acids can be used to program the synthesis of nanomaterials.