Biological control of nanoparticles

A method for nucleating semiconductor material comprising the steps of:

• selecting a peptide that binds to a predetermined face specificity material;
• preparing a portion of a gold surface that has been altered to have the peptide attached to the surface;
• contacting the gold surface-peptide complex with a first ion needed for semiconductor crystal precursor formation;
• and
• adding a second ions needed for semiconductor crystal formation.

A method of constructing nanowires comprising the steps of:

• selecting peptides that bind a predetermined face specificity semiconductor material;
• and
• expressing the peptides as a fusion protein with a protein that is capable of self-assembly;
• then interact fused with semiconductor precusors to direct formation of semiconductor nanocrystals.

A biologic scaffold comprising:

• a substrate capable of binding one or more biologic materials;
• one or more biologic materials attached to the substrate;
• and
• one or more elemental carbon-containing molecules attached to one or more biologic materials.

A biologic scaffold comprising:

• a substrate capable of binding one or more biologic materials;
• a biologic material attached to the substrate and an organic polymer attached to the biologic material;
• and
• one or more elemental carbon-containing molecules attached to the organic polymer.

A biologic scaffold comprising:

• a substrate capable of binding one or more bacteriophages;
• one or more bacteriophages attached to the substrate;
• one or more peptides that recognize a portion of the bacteriophage;
• and
• one or more elemental carbon-containing molecules that recognize the peptide.

A method of making a biologic scaffold comprising:

• providing a substrate capable of binding one or more biologic materials;
• attaching one or more biologic materials to the substrate;
• and
• contacting one or more elemental carbon-containing molecules with the biologic material to form a biologic scaffold.