Filamentous bacteriophages such as fd-like viruses are monodisperse rod-like colloids that
have well defined properties of diameter, length, rigidity, charge and chirality. Engineering …

In an aqueous suspension process, protein dispersions facilitated improved alignment and
organization of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) chains into highly ordered crystalline …

Cancer photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the absorption of light by photosensitizers
(PSs) to generate cytotoxic singlet oxygen for killing cancer cells. The success of this method …

Liquid crystals can organize dispersed particles into useful and exotic structures. In the case
of lyotropic cholesteric polypeptide liquid crystals, polypeptide-coated particles are …

Biological systems often generate unique and useful structures, which can have industrial
relevance either as direct components or as an inspiration for biomimetic materials. For …

A new gel-forming colloidal system based on a binary mixture of fd-viruses and gold
nanoparticles functionalized with complementary DNA single strands has been recently …

DNA has emerged as an exciting binding agent for programmable colloidal self-assembly.
Its popularity derives from its unique properties: it provides highly specific short-ranged …

In this study, a new type of filamentous structures consisting of a generation 9 poly (amido
amine) dendrimer (G9) and CdS is reported. The linearity of the interconnected dendrimers …

Nanoscopic carbon dots have been used to monitor biocompatible DNA-strands
(bacteriophage fd) with possible antimicrobial activity. Recently, carbon dots (CDs) are …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and success within a broad range of hosts are largely
due to the strength of its biofilms. The rheology of biofilm of P. aeruginosa was measured to …