Assembly and characterization of hybrid virus-inorganic nanotubes

Recently, rod-shaped viruses have attracted attention as biological templates for assembly of nanostructures. Tobamoviruses such as the type strain of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV-U1, or -common) have a cylindrical shape and dimensions suitable for nanoelectronic applications: 300 nm long and 18 nm in...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2005-06, Vol.86 (25), p.253108-253108-3
Main Authors: Liu, W. L., Alim, K., Balandin, A. A., Mathews, D. M., Dodds, J. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Recently, rod-shaped viruses have attracted attention as biological templates for assembly of nanostructures. Tobamoviruses such as the type strain of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV-U1, or -common) have a cylindrical shape and dimensions suitable for nanoelectronic applications: 300 nm long and 18 nm in diameter with a 4 nm axial channel. TMV particles can be coated with metals, silica, or semiconductor materials and may also form end-to-end assemblies to be used as interconnects or device channels. In this letter, we report the preparation of TMV-U1 templated organic-metal nanotubes, and their structural characterization using transmission electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Reproducible phonon signatures different from that of native TMV-U1 were observed from the metal-coated TMVs. Our results indicate that Raman spectroscopy can be used for monitoring of the bio-assisted nanostructure assembly and for analyzing the vibrational modes of the resulting bio-inorganic junctions.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.1952587