Issue 18, 2009
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Tobacco mosaic virus templated synthesis of one dimensional inorganic–polymer hybrid fibres†

Jianhua Rong,ab   Fiona Oberbeck,b   Xinnan Wang,c   Xiaodong Li,d   Jerry Oxsher,b   Zhongwei Niu*b  and  Qian Wang*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
E-mail: wang@mail.chem.sc.edu, niu.z@mail.chem.sc.edu
Tel: +01-803-777-2680

c Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

d Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Abstract

Inorganic–polymer hybrid nanofibres were prepared by using a rod-like tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as a template. With tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as a precursor, long silica-coated TMV fibres were formed via a head-to-tail assembly, which showed a substantial increase of the elastic modulus. Furthermore, homogenous titania–TMV hybrid fibres could be prepared using polyaniline-coated TMV fibres as a template, which were used to form a composite film that was able to sense liquefied petroleum gases.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B901130G
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jan 2009
Accepted
13 Feb 2009
First published
16 Mar 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 2841-2845

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Tobacco mosaic virus templated synthesis of one dimensional inorganic–polymer hybrid fibres

J. Rong, F. Oberbeck, X. Wang, X. Li, J. Oxsher, Z. Niu and Q. Wang, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 2841 DOI: 10.1039/B901130G

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