Biomolecular Materials Group

Publications

55.  Lee, Y.J., Yi, H., Kim, W., Kang, K.,Yun, D.S., Strano, M.S., Ceder, G., Belcher, A.M. “Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes.” Science, in press, 2009.

54.  Khalil, A.S., Appleyard, D.C., Labno, A.K., Georges, A., Karplus, M., Belcher, A.M., Hwang, W., Lang, M.J. “Kenesin’s Cover-Neck Bundle Folds Forward to Generate Force.” PNAS, 49, 19247-19252, 2008.

53. *Yoo, P. J.; Nam, K. T.; Belcher, A. M.; Hammond, P. T. “Solvent-Assisted Patterning of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and Selective Deposition of Virus Assemblies.” Nano Letters 2008, 8, 1081-1089.

52. *Yoo, P. J.; Zacharia, N. S.; Doh, J.; Nam, K. T.; Belcher, A. M.; Hammond, P. T. “Controlling Surface Mobility in Interdiffusing Polyelectrolyte Multilayers.” ACS Nano 2008, 2, 561-571.

51. *Nam, K.T, Wartena, R., Yoo, P.J., Liau, F., Lee, Y.J., Chiang, Y.M., Hammond, P., and Belcher A.M., “Stamped Microbattery Electrodes Based on Self-assembled M13 Viruses.” PNAS, in press, 2008

50. *Nam, K.T., Lee, Y.J., Kottmann, S., Krauland, E., Liau, F., and Belcher A.M. “Peptide-Mediated Reduction of Silver Ions on Engineered Biological Scaffolds.” ACS Nano, 2, 7, 1480-1486, 2008.

49. *Bhaviripudi, S., Qi, J., Hu, E. L., and Belcher, A. M. “Synthesis, characterization, and optical properties of ordered arrays of III-nitride nanocrystals.” NanoLetters, 7, 11, 3512-3517, 2007.

48. *Sinensky, A. K., Belcher, A. M. “Label-free and High Resolution Protein/DNA Nanoarray Analysis using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy.” Nature Nanotechnology, 2, 2007, 653-659.

47. *Norville, J. E., Kelly, D. F., Knight, T. F., Belcher, A. M., Walz., T. “7 Å projection map of the S-layer protein sbpA obtained with trehalose embedded monolayer crystals.” Published online Journal of Structural Biology, doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2007.06.002 or through pubmed. (not in print yet)

46. *Khalil, A.S., Ferrer, J.M., Brau, R.R., Kottmann, S.T., Noren, C.J.,Lang, M.J., and Belcher, A.M. “Single M13 bacteriophage tethering and stretching.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (12), 4892–4897, 2007. (cover)

45. *Chiang, C. Y., Mello, C.M., Gu, J., Silva, E.C.C.M., Van Vliet, K.J., and Belcher, A. M. “Weaving Genetically Engineered Functionality into Mechanically Robust Virus Fibers.” Advanced Materials, 19, 826–832, 2007. (cover)

44. *Bhaviripudi, S., Mile, E., Steiner III, S.A., Zare, A.T., Dresselhaus, M.S., Belcher, A.M. and Kong, J. “CVD Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts.” JACS, 129, 1516-1517, 2007.

43. *Krauland, E. M., Peelle, B. R., Wittrup, K. D., and Belcher, A. M . “Peptide tags for enhanced cellular and protein adhesion to single-crystalline sapphire.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 97, 5, 1009-1020, 2006.

42. *Nam, K. T., Kim, D. W., Yoo, P. J., Chiang, C. Y., Meethong, N., Hammond, P. T., Chang, Y. M., Belcher, A. M. “Virus Enabled Synthesis and Assembly of Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes.” Science, 312, 885-888, 2006.

41. *Lee, S. K., Yun, D. S., Belcher, A. M., “Cobalt ion Mediated Self-Assembly of Genetically Engineered Bacteriophage for Biomimetic Co-Pt Hybrid Material.” Biomacromolecules, 7, 14-17, 2005.

40. *Yoo, P. J., Nam, K., Qi, J., Lee, S. K., Park, J., Belcher, A. M., Hammond, P. T., “Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces.” Nature Materials, 5, 234-240, 2006.

39. Bhaviripudi, S., Reina, A., Qi, J., Kong, J., Belcher, A., “Block-copolymer assisted synthesis of arrays of metal nanoparticles and their catalytic activities for the growth of SWNT’s.” Nanotechnology, 17, 5080-5086, 2006.

38. *Sinensky, A., Belcher, A. M., “Biomolecular Recognition of Crystal Defects: A Diffuse Selection Approach.” Advanced Materials, 18, 991-996, 2006.

37. Huang, Y., Chiang, C. Y., Lee, S. K., Gao, Y., Hu, E., De Yoreo, J., Belcher, A. M., “Programmable Assembly of Nanoarchitectures Using Genetically Engineered Viruses.” NanoLetters, 5, 7, 1429-1434, 2005.

36. *Klem, M.T., Willits, D., Solis, D.J., Belcher, A.M., Young, M. Douglas, T., “Bio-inspired synthesis of protein encapsulated CoPt nanoparticles.” Advanced Materials, 15, 9, 1489-1494, 2005.

35. * Sanghvi, A.B., Miller , K. P-H., Belcher, A.M., Schmidt, C.E., “Biomaterials functionalization using a novel peptide that selectively binds to a conducting polymer.” Nature Materials, 4, 496-502, 2005.

34. *Peelle, B. R., Krauland, E. M., Wittrup, K. D., Belcher, A. M.,“Design criteria for engineering inorganic-material specific peptides.” Langmuir, 21, 15, 6929-6933, 2005.

33. *Peelle, B., Krauland, E., Wittrup, D. and Belcher, A.M, “Probing the interface between biomolecules and inorganic materials using yeast surface display and genetic engineering.” Acta Biomaterialia, 1, 145-154, 2004.

32. *Sweeney, R.Y., Mao, C., Gao, X., Burt, J., Belcher, A. M., Georgiou, G. and Iverson B. L., “Bacterial Biosynthesis of Cadmium Sulfide Nanocrystals.” Chemistry and Biology, 11, 1553-1559, 2004.

31. *Pavel, I., A. M. Belcher and K. S. Browning, “Coupled Transcription and Aminoacylation of cys-tRNA.” Analytical Biochemistry, 335 No. 2, 192-195, 2004.

30. *Jaffar, S., K. T. Nam, A. Khademhosseini, J. Xing, R. Langer and A. M. Belcher, “Layer-by-Layer Surface Modification and Patterned Electrostatic Deposition of Quantum Dots.” NanoLetters, 4 No. 8, 1421-1425, 2004.

29. *Reiss, B.D., C. Mao, D.J. Solis, K. Ryan, T. Thomas and A.M. Belcher, “Biological Routes to Metal Alloy Ferromagnetic Nanostructures.” NanoLetters 4 No. 6, 1127-1132, 2004.

28. *Lee, S.W. and A.M. Belcher, “Virus-Based Fabrication of Micro- and Nanofibers Using Electrospinning.” NanoLetters. 4 No. 3, 387-390, 2004.

27. *Ni, J., S.W. Lee, J.M. White and A.M. Belcher, “Molecular Orientation of ZnS Nanocrystal Modified M13 Viruses on Silicon.” Journal of Polymer Science, Part B. Polymer 42, 629–635, 2004.

26. *Mao, C., D.J. Solis, B.D. Reiss, S. Kottmann R. Sweeney,G. Georgiou, B. Iverson, and A.M. Belcher, “Virus-Based Genetic Toolkit for the Directed Synthesis of Magnetic and Semiconducting Nanowires.” Science, 303, 213.-215, 2004.

25. *Nam, K.T., B.R. Peelle, S.W. Lee and A.M. Belcher, “Genetically Driven Assembly of Nanorings Based on the M13 Virus.” NanoLetters, 4 No. 1; 23-27, 2003.

24. *Flynn, C.E., S.W. Lee, B.R. Peelle and A. M. Belcher. “Viruses as Vehicles for Growth, Organization and Assembly of Materials.” Acta Materialia 51, No.19, 5867-5880, 2003.

23. *Flynn, C.E., C. Mao, A.R. Hayhurst, G. Georgiou, B. Iverson and A.M. Belcher, “Synthesis and Organization of II-VI Materials Using Peptide Specificity and Virus Capsid Assembly.” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13, No. 10, 2414-2421, 2003.

22. *Qi, J., C. Mao and A.M. Belcher, “Optical Anisotropy in Individual CdS Quantum Dot Ensembles.” Physical Review B 68, 125319, 2003.

21. *Mao, C., J. Qi, and A.M. Belcher, “Building Quantum Dots into Solids with Well-Defined Shapes.” Advanced Functional Mater. 13, No. 8, 648-656, 2003.

20. *Mao, C., C.E. Flynn, A. Hayhurst, R. Sweeney, J. Qi, G. Georgiou, B. Iverson, and A.M. Belcher, “Viral Assembly of Oriented Quantum Dot Nanowires.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100, 6946-6951, 2003.

19. *Qi, J., J.M. White, A.M. Belcher, and Y. Masumoto, “Optical Spectroscopy of Silicon Nanowires.” Chemical Physics Letters, Chemical Physics Letters, 372, 763-766, 2003.

18. *Lee, S.W, S.K. Lee and A.M. Belcher, “Virus Based Alignment of Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Nano-sized Materials.” Advanced Materials, 15, No.9, 689- 692 (cover) 2003.

17. *Qi, J., A.M. Belcher and J.J. White, “Spectroscopy of Individual Silicon Nanowires.” Applied Physics Letters, 82, 2616-2618, 2003.

16. *Lee, S.W., B.M. Wood and A.M. Belcher, “Chiral Smectic C* Structures of Viral Films.” Langmuir 19, 1592-1598 (cover), 2003.

15. *Seeman, N. and A.M. Belcher, “Emulating Biology: Building Nanostructures from the Bottom Up.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10, 1073, 2002.

14. .*Lee, S.W., C. Mao, C. Flynn and A.M. Belcher, “Ordering of Quantum Dots Using Genetically Engineered Viruses.” Science 296, 892-895, 2002.

13. *Xiaowei, S, A.M. Belcher, C. M. Zaremba, D.E. Morse, G. D. Stucky, A. H. Heuer, “Structural and Microstructural Characterization of the Growth Lines and Prismatic Microarchitecture in Red Abalone Shell and the Microstructures of Abalone ‘Flat Pearls’.” Chemistry of Materials 14 (7), 3106-3117, 2002.

12. *Whaley, S.R. and A.M. Belcher, “Borrowing Ideas from Nature: Peptide Specific Binding to Gallium Arsenide.” MRS Proceedings 599, 189-199, 2000.

11. *Belcher, A. M, E. E. Gooch, “Protein Components and Inorganic Structure in Shell Nacre in Haliotis rufescens: Implications for growth and mechanical behavior.” Biomineralization, 221-249, 2002.

10. *Whaley, S. R., D.S. English, E.L. Hu, P.F. Barbara and A.M. Belcher, “Selection of Peptides with Semiconductor Binding Specificity for Directed Nanocrystal Assembly.” Nature 405, 665-668, 2000.

9. Smith, B.L., T. E. Schäffer, M.Viani, J. B. Thompson, N. Frederick, J. Kindt, A. M. Belcher, G. D. Stucky, D.E. Morse and P. K. Hansma, “Molecular Mechanistic Origin of the Toughness of Natural Adhesives, Fibers and Composites.” Nature 399, 761-763, 1999.

8. Belcher, A.M., P. K. Hansma, G. D. Stucky and D. E. Morse, “First Steps in Harnessing the Potential of Biomineralization as a Route to High-Performance Composite Materials.” Acta Materialia 23, 733-736, 1998.

7. Shen, X.S., A. M. Belcher, P. K. Hansma, G. D. Stucky and D. E. Morse, “Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Lustrin A, a Matrix Protein from Shell and Pearl Nacre of Haliotis rufescens.” Journal of Biochemistry 272, 32472-32481, 1998.

6. Schaffer, T.E., C. Ionescu-Zanetti, R. Proksch, M. Fritz, D. A. Walters, N. Almqvist, C. M. Zaremba, A. M. Belcher, B. L. Smith, G. D. Stucky, D. E. Morse and P. K. Hansma, “Does Abalone Nacre Form by Heteroepitaxial Nucleation or by Growth through Mineral Bridges?” Chemistry of Materials 9, 1731-1740, 1997.

5. Walters, D.A., B. L. Smith, A. M. Belcher, G. D. Stucky, D. E. Morse and P. K. Hansma, “Modification of Calcite Growth by Abalone Shell Proteins: An Atomic Force Microscope Study.” Biophysical Journal 72, 1425-1433, 1997.

4. Zaremba, C.M., A. M. Belcher, M. Fritz, Y. Li, S. Mann, P. K. Hansma, D. E. Morse, J. S. Speck and G. D. Stucky, “Critical Transitions in the Biofabrication of Abalone Shells and Flat Pearls.” Chemistry of Materials 8, 679-690, 1996.

3. Belcher, A.M., X. H. Wu, R. J. Christensen, P. K. Hansma, G. D. Stucky and D. E. Morse, “Control of Crystal Phase-Switching and Orientation by Soluble Shell Proteins.” Nature 381, 56-58, 1996.

2. Manne, S., C. M. Zaremba, R. Giles, D. A. Walters, A. M. Belcher, D. E. Morse, G. D. Stucky, S. Mann, and P. K. Hansma, “AFM of the Nacreous Layer in Mollusc Shells.” Proc. Royal Soc. B 256, 17-23, 1994.

1. Fritz, M., A. M. Belcher, M. Radmacher, D. A. Walters, P. K. Hansma, G. D. Stucky, D. E. Morse and S. Mann, “Flat Pearls from the Biofabrication of Organized Composites on Inorganic Substrates.” Nature 371, 49-51, 1994.

* Outgrowth of supervised student research

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