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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Electric Field Assisted Self-Assembly of Viruses into Colored Thin Films.

James J Tronolone, Michael Orrill, Wonbin Song, Hyun Soo Kim, Byung Yang Lee, Saniya LeBlanc

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

James J TronoloneDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. jimtronolone@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5405-4520
Michael OrrillDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. michael_orrill@gwu.edu.
Wonbin SongDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea. wonbinful@naver.com.
Hyun Soo KimDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea. kenchan888@korea.ac.kr.
Byung Yang LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea. blee@korea.ac.kr.
Saniya LeBlancDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. sleblanc@gwu.edu.

Funding

Charles Gilmore GWU Charles Gilmore Internship in Materials ScienceGWU Office of the Vice President for Research Cross Disciplinary Research FundGWU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering ResearchNational Science Foundation EEC-1446001Simon Lee Korea University - George Washington University grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Filamentous viruses called M13 bacteriophages are promising materials for devices with thin film coatings because phages are functionalizable, and they can self-assemble into smectic helicoidal nanofilament structures. However, the existing "pulling" approach to align the nanofilaments is slow and limits potential commercialization of this technology. This study uses an applied electric field to rapidly align the nanostructures in a fixed droplet. The electric field reduces pinning of the three-phase contact line, allowing it to recede at a constant rate. Atomic force microscopy reveals that the resulting aligned structures resemble those produced via the pulling method. The field-assisted alignment results in concentric color bands quantified with image analysis of red, green, and blue line profiles. The alignment technique shown here could reduce self-assembly time from hours to minutes and lend itself to scalable manufacturing techniques such as inkjet printing.

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colorimetric filmelectric fieldelectrowettingM13 bacteriophagenanobiomaterialself-assembly

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PMID31540252
PMCPMC6781059

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