Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference (한국진공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2012.02a
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- Pages.553-553
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- 2012
Biocompatible Formation of Silica/Titania Nanocomposite Shells on Living Chlorella Cells
- Go, Eun-Hye (Molecular-Level Interface Research Center, Department of Chemistry, KAIST) ;
- Yun, Yeon-Jeong (Korea Science Academy of KAIST) ;
- Jin, Seung-Uk (Korea Science Academy of KAIST) ;
- Hwang, Ji-Min (Korea Science Academy of KAIST) ;
- Lee, Gyu-Nam (Korea Science Academy of KAIST) ;
- Yang, Seong-Ho (Molecular-Level Interface Research Center, Department of Chemistry, KAIST) ;
- Choe, In-Seong (Molecular-Level Interface Research Center, Department of Chemistry, KAIST)
- Published : 2012.02.08
Abstract
The artificial shells of hard inorganic nanocomposites on individual cells would protect the cells physically and chemically, and control cell division. These emerging properties could be combined with cell-surface functionalizations for applications to cell-based sensors and assays as well as for fundamental studies on single-cell biology. In this work, individual Chlorella cells were encapsulated within a silica/titania nanocomposite shell in a biocompatible fashion that utilized a designed peptide, RKKRKKRKKRKKDDDDDDDD, as a catalytic template for formation of both