(Invited) Peptide Screening for the Regulation of Gold Nano-Biomineralization Using Peptide Array Technology

摘要

Some peptides have been utilized in the functionalization of nanomaterials, the control of nanoparticle (NP) synthesis, as biotemplating for morphological control, and biocatalysts for the NP crystallization. The catalytic peptides used for NP synthesis, named biomineralisation peptides, generally demonstrate high specific binding to a target material, and are screened from a peptide library (e.g. phage display library). However, the properties of NPs synthesized, using such biomineralization peptides, cannot be predicted from screening process; thus the development of a rational peptide screening method which can be used to synthesize NPs with specific morphological and optical properties would greatly expand the potential of biomineralization peptides.