Redox-active ferrocene-modified Cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles

Aljabali, Alaa A. A., Barclay, J. Elaine, Butt, Julea N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9624-5226, Lomonossoff, George P. and Evans, David J. (2010) Redox-active ferrocene-modified Cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles. Dalton Transactions, 39 (32). pp. 7569-7574. ISSN 1477-9234

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Abstract

A naturally occurring nanoparticle, the plant virus Cowpea mosaic virus, can be decorated with ferrocene derivatives, of various linker lengths with amine and carboxylategroups, on the external surface using a range of conjugation strategies. The multiple, organometallic, redox-active ferrocene moieties on the outer surface of the virus are electrochemically independent with reduction potentials that span a potential window of 0.16 V that are dependent on the site of modification and the nature of the ferrocene derivative. The number of ferrocenes coupled to each virus ranges from about 100 to 240 depending upon the conjugation site and the linker length and these redox active units can provide multielectron reservoirs.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Energy Materials Laboratory
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Depositing User: Rachel Smith
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2011 16:28
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2022 01:28
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/21394
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00495B

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