Nature Communications (Sep 2017)
Cooperative colloidal self-assembly of metal-protein superlattice wires
Abstract
Colloidal self-assembly is a unique method to produce three-dimensional materials with well-defined hierarchical structures and functionalities. Liljeström et al. show controlled preparation of macroscopic chiral wires with helical plasmonic superlattice structure composed of metal nanoparticles and viruses.