通过分子结构转换驱动的远程层次纳米晶体组件
Enbo Zhu, Shiyi Wang1, Xucheng Yan
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of Colorado-Boulder , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 27, 2018
概括
研究人员使用高阶结构 (HOS) 模仿生物矿物化,以控制纳米晶体的形成和组装. 这种仿生方法可以实现可编程材料的精确纳米级合成和远程自我组织.
科学领域:
- 生物矿物化和仿生材料科学.
- 纳米技术和材料自组装.
- 的结构功能关系.
背景情况:
- 在生物矿物合成中的层次控制是具有挑战性的.
- 生物矿物化研究往往忽略了生物分子高级结构 (HOS).
- 对于生物矿物质的远程组装,HOS非常重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索用于指导纳米晶体形成和层次组装的HOS.
- 开发人工矿物合成的仿生路径和定量模拟.
- 了解二次结构在纳米晶体形态和组装中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用特定 (T7) 和纳米晶体的仿生方法.
- 使用定量模拟来研究HOS及其对纳米晶体组装的影响.
- 研究了T7的度依赖性结构转变 (ST转变为β片).
主要成果:
- T7促进了立方纳米晶体的形成.
- 随着度的增加,T7的二次结构从ST转变为β片.
- T7的β-sheet形状导致了Pt纳米晶体的自组成线性,远程阵列.
- 由HOS指导的生物/非生物原材料特异性和纳米级合成.
结论:
- 生物分子HOS可以精确地控制纳米晶体的形成和异型组合.
- 这项研究为创建多尺度可编程结构提供了一个新的仿生策略.
- 开辟了先进材料设计的新途径.
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