Functionalization of bacterial cell surfaces has the potential to introduce new activities by chemical modification. Here we show that a bacteriophage-receptor complex can be used to functionalize the surface of two Gram-negative proteobacteria, Escherichia coli and Ralstonia eutropha with CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles. This work highlights the potential for using microbe-phage interactions to generat...

Herein we report a method to functionalize in vitro grown insulin amyloid fibrils with various inorganic materials. The counterion of the positively charged amyloid fibril is exchanged with anions from various salts; subsequent addition of appropriate cations results in functionalization of the amyloid fibril. We demonstrate the formation of apatite and platinum complex structures ordered by th...

The aim of this educational chapter is to provide a protocol describing how to prepare peptide fibrils and subsequently characterize them through Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) investigation, and functionalize them by metal nanoparticles labeling. The starting step is the monomer incubation and the final goal is the realization of a chemical bond between peptide material and metal nanop...

Figure S1: molecules used to chemically functionalize the surfaces. To the left, 3-Aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane (APTES). To the right, poly-L-lysine hydro bromide. Figure S2: Morphological AFM images. Scale bar is 10 µm A: Si/SiO 2 coated with 3-Aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane (APTES), B: Si/SiO 2 coated with, poly-L-lysine hydro bromide and C: Bare Si/SiO 2 .

A novel dopamine-plus-HSA (human serum albumin) approach was developed to functionalize iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs), yielding nanoconjugates that are highly efficient in labeling various types of cell lines, which was demonstrated by in vivo MR imaging on xenograft and focal cerebral ischemia models.

A mild and efficient one-pot protocol to selectively remove N-acetyl groups, subsequently functionalize the generated amines, is reported. Common functional such as esters, carbamates thioglycosides, are tolerated.

A widely accepted approach to combat surface fouling is based on the prevention of biofoulants to attach to a surface by the functionalization with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The goal of this study was to generate a proof of concept for the enzymatic coupling of PEG to a peptide precoated surface by using the enzyme Sortase A (SrtA). A hydrophobic polystyrene surface was primed with anchoring...