Hierarchically Fabricated Amyloid Fibers via Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly
- Authors
- Park, Soon Mo; Bagnani, Massimo; Yun, Hee Seong; Han, Moon Jong; Mezzenga, Raffaele; Yoon, Dong Ki
- Issue Date
- Dec-2021
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- amyloid fibrils; evaporation-induced self-assembly; stick-and-slip motion; hierarchical structure; topographic substrate
- Citation
- ACS NANO, v.15, no.12, pp.20261 - 20266
- Journal Title
- ACS NANO
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 20261
- End Page
- 20266
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/89431
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsnano.1c08374
- ISSN
- 1936-0851
- Abstract
- Multiscale hierarchical nano- and microstructures of amyloid fibrils are fabricated by evaporation-induced self-assembly combined with topographic surface patterning techniques. The continuous stick-and-slip motion induces uniaxial alignment of amyloid fibrils characterized by high orientational order during the drying process. The optical textures of the resultant amyloid aggregates are directly observed by polarized optical microscopy (POM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The resulting fiber structure can be tuned by varying the width of the topographic pattern, e.g., the microchannel width, inducing different separation between the deposited amyloid fibers on the glass substrate. Additionally, amyloid fibrils are decorated with gold nanoparticles to produce conductive microwires showing good conductivity (similar to 10(-3) S/m). The finely controlled deposited amyloid fibers presented here can show a way to use naturally-abundant biomaterials for practical applications such as nanowires and sensors.
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