Scientists from the John Innes Center in the UK have succeeded in using Vigna unguiculata virus to cause yellow and black spot disease in peas as a material in nanotechnology.
The virus, which is 30 nanometers in size, does not infect or cause disease in humans and animals. Scientists link these viruses into a "scaffold", to 240 organic compounds, in which each compound contains an iron atom, clinging to create a new nanomaterial.
Using Vigna unguiculata virus to cause yellow and black spot disease in peas as a material in nanotechnology.
Iron-containing compounds are joined together by this "scaffold" of viruses that form nanoparticles with very high electrical conductivity.
New nanomaterials show special features that can be used to make nano-electronic devices and systems, biological sensors or for electronic catalytic processes.
