Virus-templated magnetic composite hydrogels for surface immobilization of mimic-free-lipase

M13 virus-templated magnetic composite hydrogels were designed for surface immobilization of mimic-free-lipases, achieving high enzyme loading amount, high activity recovery yield, free-enzyme-equal activity, less MNPs and enhanced stability.

M13 bacteriophage-templated gold nanowires as stretchable electrodes in perovskite solar cells

This work reports stretchable gold nanowires grown on M13 bacteriophage in perovskite solar cells, which is the first demonstration of the M13 virus as a stretchable transparent electrode.

Superaerophobic hydrogels for enhanced electrochemical and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

The efficient removal of gas bubbles in (photo)electrochemical gas evolution reactions is an important but underexplored issue. Conventionally, researchers have attempted to impart bubble-repellent properties (so-called superaerophobicity) to electrodes by controlling their microstructures. However, conventional approaches have limitations, as they are material specific, difficult to scale up, possibly detrimental to the electrodes’ catalytic activity and stability, and incompatible with photoelectrochemical applications. To address these issues, we report a simple strategy for the realization of superaerophobic (photo)electrodes via the deposition of hydrogels on a desired electrode surface. For a proof-of-concept demonstration, we deposited a transparent hydrogel assembled from M13 virus onto (photo)electrodes for a hydrogen evolution reaction. The hydrogel overlayer facilitated the elimination of hydrogen bubbles and substantially improved the (photo)electrodes’ performances by maintaining high catalytic activity and minimizing the concentration overpotential. This study can contribute to the practical application of various types of (photo)electrochemical gas evolution reactions.

Single molecule sequencing of M13 virus genome without amplification

ABSTRACTThird generation sequencing is a direct measurement of DNA/RNA sequences at the single molecule level without amplification. In this study, we report sequencing of the genome of the M13 virus by a new single molecule sequencing platform. Our platform detects single molecule fluorescence by the total internal reflection microscope technique, with sequencing-by-synthesis chemistry. We sequenced the genome of M13 to a depth of 316x and 100% coverage. The consensus sequence accuracy is 100%. We demonstrated that single molecule sequencing has no significant GC bias.