| 초록 |
A fundamental challenge in bio-nanotechnology research is to simultaneously synthesize high performance bio-nanomaterials and to assemble them into well-defined, large-scale devices in a cost-effective manner. One approach to tackle this challenge is to learn from and adopt nature’s strategies to design materials. A single type of helical biomacromolecule is often found to form diverse, functional structures when self-templated under different conditions in nature. In this study, we present an innovative biomimetic approach to synthesis of functional hierarchical structures based on directed evolutionary screening and self-templating. We utilize the filamentous virus or peptide-based nanofiber as a model helical biomacromolecule. We demonstrate how the combined strategy of evolutionary screening and self-templating can be exploited to develop collagen-like tissue materials or structural color matrices. |
