Volume 46, Issue 32 pp. 6188-6191
Communication

Self-Assembling Living Systems with Functional Nanomaterials

Zoran Popović

Zoran Popović

Physikalisches Institut und Center for Nanotechnology, CenTech, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany, Fax: (+49) 251-980-2834 http://www.uni-muenster.de/physik.pi/decola/

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Matthias Otter

Matthias Otter

Physikalisches Institut und Center for Nanotechnology, CenTech, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany, Fax: (+49) 251-980-2834 http://www.uni-muenster.de/physik.pi/decola/

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Gion Calzaferri Prof. Dr.

Gion Calzaferri Prof. Dr.

Departement Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

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Luisa De Cola Prof. Dr.

Luisa De Cola Prof. Dr.

Physikalisches Institut und Center for Nanotechnology, CenTech, Universität Münster, Heisenbergstrasse 11, 48149 Münster, Germany, Fax: (+49) 251-980-2834 http://www.uni-muenster.de/physik.pi/decola/

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First published: 03 August 2007
Citations: 76

Supported by Ministry of Science and Research (MWF), Northrhine Westfalia, Germany, SFB 656, MoBil Muenster, Germany, and by the Swiss National Science Foundation, project NF 200020-105140. We thank Dr. Kathrin Bissantz and Ramona Wesselmann for providing E. coli samples. We appreciate the efforts of Dr. Dingyong Zhong in helping with the SEM measurements and Dr. Arantzazu Zabala Ruiz for the zeolite preparation.

Graphical Abstract

To catch a bug: Self-assembly of bacteria has been achieved by combining Escherichia coli and synthetic zeolite L. The assembly can be controlled so that the structure possesses either a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio (see schematic representation) between the bacteria and porous nanocontainers.

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