Metamaterial optical elements self-assembled on protein scaffolds
NRL
Protein scaffolds from tobacco mosaic virus coat protein modified to incorporate polyhistidine can bind to a metal or a dye while having improved self-assembly characteristics. The scaffold can take the form of tubes or disks, and can further be formed into dual plasmonic ring resonators. Such self-assembled structures provide useful optical properties.
Inventors:
Ratna, Banahalli R.; Blum, Amy S.; Soto, Carissa M.; Bruckman, Michael A.; Liu, Jinny Lin; Rendell, Ronald W.; Long, James Peter; Tonucci, Ronald J.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Materials and Coatings
FIle Date:
2012-01-12
Grant Date:
2014-09-09
Grant time:
971 days
Grant time percentile rank:
17
Claim count percentile rank:
5
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
