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US 9,805,841 B2Granted
Virus film as template for porous inorganic scaffolds
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsNoemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, Angela M. Belcher, Paula T. Hammond, Matthew T. Klug
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Abstract
Virus multilayers can be used as templates for growth of inorganic nanomaterials. For example, layer-by-layer construction of virus multilayers on functionalized surfaces form nanoporous structures onto which metal particles or metal oxide nanoparticles can be nucleated to result in an interconnected network of nanowires.
Claims13
A structure comprising:
- a metal or metal oxide film assembled on a multilayer porous virus scaffold, which is removed after the assembly of the film, wherein the film maintains a structure of the scaffold after the removal of the scaffold, and
- the film is an inorganic nanowire network having pores with a diameter between 2 and 40 nm with a majority of the pores having a diameter between 4 and 15 nm, and the film has a thickness between 50 and 500 nm.
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