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Chemistry of Aqueous Silica Nanoparticle Surfaces and the Mechanism of Selective Peptide Adsorption

Detailed experimental and computational approach demonstrated silica particle size affects their surface chemistry and surface recognition by peptides. Funded by American Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-06-1-0154, 2006-09, $450,000 and FA 9550-10-1-0024, 2010-12, $510,000). Invited talks based on this work include: ACS2011, USA; TMS2011, USA; Gordon Research Meeting on Biomineralization, 2012, USA; Bionic Materials 2013, Germany; Bio-inspired Materials, Germany 2014 (Keynote). Led to further funding from AFOSR (FA 9550-13-1-0400, 2013-15, $510,000). This paper was included as evidence to gain Perry’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship (Harvard University, 2012-13) and Wolfson Research Merit (Royal Society, 2013) awards.