Ferritin: a promising nanoreactor and nanocarrier for bionanotechnology

A Mohanty, A Parida, RK Raut… - ACS bio & med chem …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The essence of bionanotechnology lies in the application of nanotechnology/nanomaterials
to solve the biological problems. Quantum dots and nanoparticles hold potential biomedical …

Recent developments of solar cells from PbS colloidal quantum dots

T Blachowicz, A Ehrmann - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
PbS (lead sulfide) colloidal quantum dots consist of crystallites with diameters in the
nanometer range with organic molecules on their surfaces, partly with additional metal …

A ferritin photochemical synthesis of monodispersed silver nanoparticles that possess antimicrobial properties

OD Petrucci, RJ Hilton, JK Farrer… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We previously reported that ferritin acts as a photocatalyst to form monodispersed gold
nanoparticles. Because silver possesses a favorable reduction potential (+ 0.80 V), we …

Supramolecular protein polymers using mini-ferritin Dps as the building block

MR Pacheco, JP Jacinto, D Penas… - Organic & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A missense mutant of a Dps protein (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) from
Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus was used as a building block to develop a new …