Year 2017

• Bacteriophages as Factories for Eu2O3 Nanoparticle Synthesis

  Publication

  • P. Golec
  • K. Sadowska
  • J. Karczewska-Golec
  • J. Karczewski
  • A. Leśniewski
  • M. Łoś
  • G. Węgrzyn
  • A. Kłonkowski

  - BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY - Year 2017

  The use of phage display to identify peptides with an ability to bind and synthesize Eu2O3 nanoparticles is demonstrated in this report. This is the first report of modified phages specifically binding a lanthanide. The peptides exposed on virions revealed very strong binding to Eu2O3 nanoparticles and the ability to catalyze Eu2O3 nanoparticles’ formation from Eu(OH)3 and Eu(NO3)3 solutions. The luminescence emission spectrum...

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Year 2016

• Phage-Directed Synthesis of Photoluminescent Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles under Benign Conditions

  Publication

  • K. Sadowska
  • J. Karczewska-Golec
  • J. Karczewski
  • M. Łoś
  • A. Kłonkowski
  • G. Węgrzyn
  • P. Golec

  - BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY - Year 2016

  Biological systems, especially bacteriophages and peptides, are an attractive green alternative to other known methods of nanoparticle synthesis. In this work, for the first time, bacteriophages were employed to synthesize a specific peptide, capable of producing nanoparticles (NPs). Derivatives of M13 bacteriophage exposing a ZnO-binding peptide (TMGA-LGLKWPV) on either pIII or pVIII phage coat protein were constructed and used...

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