@misc{10481/68073,
year = {2021},
month = {4},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68073},
abstract = {Protein-based materials are usually considered as insulators, although conductivity has been recently shown in proteins. This fact opens the door to develop new biocompatible conductive materials. While there are emerging efforts in this area, there is an open challenge related to the limited conductivity of protein-based systems. This work shows a novel approach to tune the charge transport properties of protein-based materials by using electron-dense AuNPs. Two strategies are combined in a unique way to generate the conductive solid films: (1) the controlled self-assembly of a protein building block; (2) the templating of AuNPs by the engineered building block. This bottom-up approach allows controlling the structure of the films and the distribution of the AuNPs within, leading to enhanced conductivity. This work illustrates a promising strategy for the development of effective hybrid protein-based bioelectrical materials.},
organization = {European Research Council (ERC)

European Commission

ERC-CoG-648071-ProNANO
ERC-PoC-841063-NIMM},
organization = {Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, Spain 

PID2019111649RB-I00
MAT2017-88693-R},
organization = {Basque Government

Elkartek KK-2017/00008},
organization = {Spanish Government

BES-2017-079646},
organization = {Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Program from the Spanish State Research Agency 

MDM-2017-0720
SEV-2016-0686},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
title = {Engineering conductive protein films through nanoscale self-assembly and gold nanoparticles doping},
doi = {10.1039/d1nr00238d},
author = {Mejías, Sara H. and Martín Lasanta, Ana},
}