This research was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division of the US Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Stipend and tuition support was provided to N.S. (T32M008352) and Z.M.C. (1 T32 GMO66698) by graduate research training grants from the NIH.
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Nanoscale Integration of Sensitizing Chromophores and Porphyrins with Bacteriophage MS2†
Article first published online: 17 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902727
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How to Cite
Stephanopoulos, N., Carrico, Zachary M. and Francis, Matthew B. (2009), Nanoscale Integration of Sensitizing Chromophores and Porphyrins with Bacteriophage MS2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 9498–9502. doi: 10.1002/anie.200902727
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 30 NOV 2009
- Article first published online: 17 NOV 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 31 AUG 2009
- Manuscript Received: 21 MAY 2009
Funded by
- US Department of Energy. Grant Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
- NIH
Keywords:
- bioconjugation;
- energy transfer;
- photocatalysis;
- porphyrinoids;
- viruses
Harnessing energy from within: Energy transfer from the inside to the outside of MS2 capsids modified by positioning fluorescent dyes and a photocatalytic zinc porphyrin on their surfaces (see picture) enabled sensitization of the porphyrin at multiple wavelengths and thus broad-spectrum catalytic activity.