Self-assembly of collagen building blocks guided by electric fields

Roberto De La Rica; Ernest Mendoza; Lesley W.  Chow; Kristy L.  Cloyd; Sergio  Bertazzo; Hannah C.  Watkins; Joseph A.M.  Steele; Molly M. Stevens

doi:10.1002/smll.201400424

Self-assembly of collagen building blocks guided by electric fields

Roberto De La Rica, Ernest Mendoza, Lesley W. Chow, Kristy L. Cloyd, Sergio Bertazzo, Hannah C. Watkins, Joseph A.M. Steele, Molly M. Stevens

Pure And Applied Chemistry

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Show me the way: protein building blocks are programmed to assemble hierarchically and yield a defined fiber morphology of micrometric length and precise nanometric diameter. The key step of this method is to align the building blocks with an AC field prior to assembly. The resulting protein nanofibers are straightforwardly integrated with the circuitry for potential applications in bionanotechnology.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Small
Early online date	10 Jun 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201400424
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

collagen
microfabrication
self-assembly
bionanotechnology
nanostructures
building blocks
electric fields
biological self-assembly

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