M13 Bacteriophage as a Biological Scaffold for Magnetically-Recoverable Metal Nanowire Catalysts: Combining Specific and Nonspecific Interactions To Design Multifunctional Nanocomposites

Magnetically separable hydrogenation catalysts serve as an example of a multifunctional M13 bacteriophage nanocomposite made by (a) growing Rh nanoparticles lengthwise along the pVIII region via nonspecific electrostatic interactions and (b) anchoring Fe3O4 nanoparticles on the pIII tip via materials-specific interactions identified through phage display methods