Micro/nanofabrication, assembly, and actuation based on microorganisms: Recent advances and perspectives

D Gong, L Sun, X Li, W Zhang, D Zhang… - Small Structures, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms become new sources for fabricating intricate micro/nano structures via
bottom‐up approaches. Produced from nature, microorganism biotemplates exhibit unique …

A review on iron oxide‐based nanoarchitectures for biomedical, energy storage, and environmental applications

S Tanaka, YV Kaneti, NLW Septiani, SX Dou… - Small …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Iron oxide nanoarchitectures with distinct morphologies from 1D to 3D have been developed
using various wet chemical methods. They have been employed for a wide range of …

Facile Fabrication of Highly Dispersed Pd@Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles Embedded in Spirulina platensis by Electroless Deposition and Their Catalytic Properties

L Sun, D Zhang, Y Sun, S Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms are widely used as the biotemplates for producing micro/nanomaterials
owing to their unique features, such as exquisite morphology, renewable, and …

Recent Advances in Bio‐Templated Metallic Nanomaterial Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Applications

Y Pan, WJ Paschoalino, A Szuchmacher Blum… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing metallic nanocatalysts with high reaction activity, selectivity and practical
durability is a promising and active subfield in electrocatalysis. In the classical “bottom‐up” …

Production of Metallic Alloy Nanowires and Particles Templated Using Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV)

SN Shah, JG Heddle, DJ Evans, GP Lomonossoff - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
We demonstrate a simple, low-energy method whereby tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)
particles can be used to template the production of nanowires and particles consisting of …

From stars to stripes: RNA‐directed shaping of plant viral protein templates—structural synthetic virology for smart biohybrid nanostructures

C Wege, C Koch - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of viral building blocks bears exciting prospects for fabricating new types
of bionanoparticles with multivalent protein shells. These enable a spatially controlled …

Microbial nanotechnology for climate resilient agriculture

PL Kashyap, P Rai, R Kumar, S Sharma… - Microbes for climate …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, microorganisms have been emanated as excellent ecofriendly and cost‐
effective nanofactories that have the ability to prevent the harmful toxic effects of chemicals …

Protein-templated synthesis of metal-based nanomaterials

ARD Voet, JRH Tame - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Proteins can act as artificial templates to biomineralize a wide array of inorganic
materials.•Many ordinary proteins show templating properties of interest.•Protein design …

The Use of a Replicating Virus Vector For in Planta Generation of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Nanorods Suitable For Metallization

K Saunders, EC Thuenemann, SN Shah… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The production of designer-length tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) nanorods in plants has been
problematic in terms of yields, particularly when modified coat protein subunits are …

Viral‐based nanomaterials for plasmonic and photonic materials and devices

DS Petrescu, AS Blum - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, viruses have established themselves as a powerful tool in
nanotechnology. Their proteinaceous capsids benefit from biocompatibility, chemical …