Biological control of nanoparticle nucleation, shape and crystal phase

• US 20060275791A1
• Filed: 02/08/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (University of Texas System)
• Original Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (University of Texas System)
• Inventors: Lee, Seung-Wuk, Ryan, Esther, Smalley, Richard E., Belcher, Angela M.
• Application Number:
  US11/349,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20060275791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 435/6
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 35/00 Antineoplastic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 9/00 Drugs for disorders of the cardiovascular system
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/005 Beads
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: C07B 2200/11 Compounds covalently bound to a solid support
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 1/047 Simultaneous synthesis of different peptide species; Peptide libraries
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 7/06 having 5 to 11 amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 7/08 having 12 to 20 amino acids gastrins C07K14/595; somatostatins C07K14/655; melanotropins C07K14/68
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/1037 Screening libraries presented on the surface of microorganisms, e.g. phage display, E. coli display
• CPC Class Codes: C40B 40/02 Libraries contained in or displayed by microorganisms, e.g. bacteria or animal cells; Libraries contained in or displayed by vectors, e.g. plasmids; Libraries containing only microorganisms or vectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54373 involving physiochemical end-point determination, e.g. wave-guides, FETS, gratings
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54386 Analytical elements
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/551 the carrier being inorganic
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/701 Organic molecular electronic devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/761 Biomolecules or bio-macromolecules, e.g. proteins, chlorophyl, lipids or enzymes

Abstract

The present invention includes compositions and methods for selective binding of amino acid oligomers to semiconductor and elemental carbon-containing materials. One form of the present invention is a method for controlling the particle size of the semiconductor or elemental carbon-containing material by interacting an amino acid oligomer that specifically binds the material with solutions that can result in the formation of the material. The same method can be used to control the aspect ratio of the nanocrystal particles of the semiconductor material. Another form of the present invention is a method to create nanowires from the semiconductor or elemental carbon-containing material. Yet another form of the present invention is a biologic scaffold comprising a substrate capable of binding one or more biologic materials, one or more biologic materials attached to the substrate, and one or more elemental carbon-containing molecules attached to one or more biologic materials.

Claims

1. A composition comprising one or more synthetic biomolecular selective binding domains, wherein the domain is selective for a target crystalline face of a metal material and the domain can selectively nucleate a nanocrystal of the target crystal composition.

2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is bound to the nanocrystal of the target crystal composition.

3. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is bound to the nanocrystal of the target composition, and the nanocrystal is aligned with other nanocrystals of the target composition to form a nanowire of the target composition.

4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain comprises one or more peptide binding sequences.

5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain comprises one or more peptide binding sequences selected from phage biopanning.

6. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain comprises one or more peptides from a peptide library.

7. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain comprises one or more peptide binding sequences which are between about 7 to 15 amino acids in length.

8. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is part of a multi-functional peptide.

9. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is part of a virus or protein.

10. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is a nucleic acid.

11. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain is bound to the target crystal.

12. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain functionalizes a substrate surface.

13. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the metal material comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ti, Bi, Ta, Zr, Fe, Ni, Mn, Pb, La, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Nb, Tl, Hg, Cu, Co, Rh, Sc, and Y.

14. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the metal material comprises copper.

15. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the metal material comprises cobalt.

16. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the target crystal is a magnetic material crystal.

17. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the target crystal is a nanoparticle.

18. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the nanocrystal exhibits size and shape dependent electrical properties or optical properties.

19. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain can nucleate the nanocrystal with controlled size, composition, crystallographic phase, aspect ratio, dopant levels, or controlled shape.

20. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain can nucleate the nanocrystal which shows crystallographic alignment.

21. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the domain can nucleate the nanocrystal which shows controlled orientation.

34. A method of forming a nanocrystal comprising the step of contacting the composition according to claims 1 or 22 with nanocrystal precursors to form nanocrystal.

35. A method of forming a nanowire comprising the step of contacting the composition according to claims 1 or 22 with nanocrystal precursors to form nanocrystals bound to the composition and oriented in the form of a nanowire.

36. A method of forming a nanowire comprising the step of contacting the composition according to claims 1 or 22 with nanocrystals to form nanocrystals bound to the composition and oriented in the form of a nanowire.

22. A composition comprising one or more synthetic biomolecular selective binding domains, wherein the domain can selectively nucleate a nanocrystal at the binding domain, wherein the nanocrystal comprises at least one metal.

23. The composition according to claim 22, wherein the binding domain comprises one or more peptide binding sequences which are between about 7 to 20 amino acids in length.

24. The composition according to claim 22, wherein the domain is part of a free molecule.

25. The composition according to claim 22, wherein the domain is part of a virus.

26. The composition according to claim 22, wherein the domain is part of a protein.

27. The composition according to claim 22, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ti, Bi, Ta, Zr, Fe, Ni, Mn, Pb, La, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Nb, Tl, Hg, Cu, Co, Rh, Sc, and Y.

28. A composition comprising:

one or more engineered biomolecular selective binding domains, wherein the domain is selective for a target crystalline face, and

one or more nanoparticles bound to the domain, wherein the nanoparticles comprise at least one metal.

29. The composition according to claim 28, wherein the binding domain is a peptide domain.

30. The composition according to claim 28, wherein the domain is part of a virus.

31. The composition according to claim 28, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ti, Bi, Ta, Zr, Fe, Ni, Mn, Pb, La, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Nb, Tl, Hg, Cu, Co, Rh, Sc, and Y.

32. A virus comprising (i) synthetic peptide domains fused to coat proteins of the virus, and (ii) nanocrystals bound to the peptide domains, wherein the nanocrystals comprise at least one metal.

33. The virus according to claim 32, wherein the domains are fused to p3 or p8 proteins.