Issue 13, 2016

Controlled self-assembly of biomolecular rods on structured substrates

Abstract

We report on the evaporative self-assembly and orientational ordering of semi-flexible spherocylindrical M13 phages on asymmetric stranded webs of thin amorphous carbon films. Although the phages were dispersed with a low concentration in the isotropic phase, the substrate edges induced nematic ordering and bending of the phages. As revealed by transmission electron microscopy, phages were aligned parallel to the curved substrate edges. This two-dimensional self-assembly on structured substrates opens a new route to the design of structures of orientationally ordered semi-flexible biomacromolecules.

Graphical abstract: Controlled self-assembly of biomolecular rods on structured substrates

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jan 2016
Accepted
12 Feb 2016
First published
12 Feb 2016

Soft Matter, 2016,12, 3177-3183

Controlled self-assembly of biomolecular rods on structured substrates

P. Moghimian, L. Harnau, V. Srot, F. de la Peña, N. Farahmand Bafi, S. J. Facey and P. A. van Aken, Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 3177 DOI: 10.1039/C6SM00073H

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