Cover Picture: Weaving Genetically Engineered Functionality into Mechanically Robust Virus Fibers (Adv. Mater. 6/2007) |
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| Authors: | C.‐Y. Chiang C. M. Mello J. Gu E. C. C. M. Silva K. J. Van Vliet A. M. Belcher |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Division of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 16‐244, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;2. Macromolecular Science Team, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Natick Solider Center, Kansas St., Natick, MA 01760, USA;3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 8‐237, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA |
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| Abstract: | The desired functionality of a virus fiber (such as gold‐binding ability) can be programmed by manipulating the M13 virus genome, report Angela Belcher, Krystyn Van Vliet, and co‐workers on p. 826. The background picture is an illustration of a virus fiber that is conjugated with cadmium selenide quantum dots and emits red light when excited by UV irradiation. The genetically tunable functionality on the virus fiber offers a convenient designing process and will bring a variety of new applications to antimicrobial, catalytic, optical, medical, and electronic fibers. |
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| Keywords: | Crosslinking Fibers Nanoparticles, metal Synthetic biology |
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