Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

The synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials and nanostructures by the means of diverse
physical, chemical, and biological principles has been developed in recent decades. The …

Viruses belong to a fascinating class of natural supramolecular structures, composed of
multiple copies of coat proteins (CPs) that assemble into different shapes with a variety of …

Bottom-up self-assembly methods in which individual molecular components self-organize
to form functional nanoscale patterns are of long-standing interest in the field of materials …

Protein capsids are specialized and versatile natural macromolecules with exceptional
properties. Their homogenous, spherical, rod‐like or toroidal geometry, and spatially …

Ever since its initial characterization in the 19th century, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has
played a prominent role in the development of modern virology and molecular biology. In …

Construction of catalytic centers on natural protein aggregates is a challenging topic in
biomaterial and biomedicine research. Here we report a novel construction of artificial …

As biological agents, viruses come in an astounding range of sizes, with varied shapes and
surface morphologies. The structures of viral capsids are generally assemblies of hundreds …

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has the potential to be an ideal candidate for a building block of
the next-generation micro/nano/bio systems. The TMV virion is a high-aspect ratio rigid …