Journal article
Biomimetic Replication of Microscopic Metal-Organic Framework Patterns Using Printed Protein Patterns
K Liang, C Carbonell, MJ Styles, R Ricco, J Cui, JJ Richardson, D Maspoch, F Caruso, P Falcaro
Advanced Materials | Published : 2015
Abstract
It is demonstrated that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be replicated in a biomimetic fashion from protein patterns. Bendable, fluorescent MOF patterns are formed with micrometer resolution under ambient conditions. Furthermore, this technique is used to grow MOF patterns from fingerprint residue in 30 s with high fidelity. This technique is not only relevant for crime-scene investigation, but also for biomedical applications.
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Funding Acknowledgements
P.F. acknowledges the Australian Research Council (ARC, DECRA Grant DE120102451), and the CSIRO AMTCP scheme. K.L. and J.J.R. acknowledge the OCE Scheme. This work was supported by the MINECO-Spain under Project No. PN MAT2012-30994 and the EC (project FP7 ERC-Co 61594). ICN2 acknowledges support of the Spanish MINECO through the Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence Program under Grant No. SEV-2013-0295. This work was also supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology (Project No. CE140100036) and performed in part at the Materials Characterization and Fabrication Platform (MCFP) at The University of Melbourne and the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). Part of this research was conducted at the SAXS/WAXS beamline at the Australian Synchrotron. Fabio Lisi is acknowledged for helpful discussion.