SP1 Protein-Based Nanostructures and Arrays

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 473 - 477
• Main Authors: Medalsy, Izhar, Dgany, Or, Sowwan, Mukhles, Cohen, Hezy, Yukashevska, Alevtyna, Wolf, Sharon G, Wolf, Amnon, Koster, Abraham, Almog, Orna, Marton, Ira, Pouny, Yehonathan, Altman, Arie, Shoseyov, Oded, Porath, Danny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.02.2008
• Subjects: Adsorption; Applied sciences; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Crystallization - methods; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Immunoglobulins - chemistry; Immunoglobulins - ultrastructure; Low-dimensional structures (superlattices, quantum well structures, multilayers): structure, and nonelectronic properties; Macromolecular Substances - chemistry; Materials science; Materials Testing; Methods of nanofabrication; Molecular Conformation; Molecular electronics, nanoelectronics; Nanocrystalline materials; Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization; Nanostructures - chemistry; Nanostructures - ultrastructure; Nanotechnology - methods; Particle Size; Physics; Protein Array Analysis - methods; Protein Binding; Self-assembly; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Surface Properties; Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties); Atomic force microscopy; Gold; Macromolecules; Nanostructures; Monomers; Nanoelectronics; Nanoparticles; Proteins; Transmission electron microscopy; Electrostatic force microscopy; Nanowires; Arrays; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Nanomaterial synthesis

Controlled formation of complex nanostructures is one of the main goals of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Stable Protein 1 (SP1) is a boiling-stable ring protein complex, 11 nm in diameter, which self-assembles from 12 identical monomers. SP1 can be utilized to form large ordered arrays; it can be...