... DESIGN OF PROTEIN LINKERS FOR THE CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF NANOPARTICLES CHEN HAIBIN (B ENG, XI’AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, P R CHINA) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... protein forms, was investigated Chapter 1.3 Outline of the thesis This thesis is composed of eight chapters Chapter describes the motivation and defines the objectives and scope of the work The ... with the aid of AFM image analysis of the phage particles bound on the surface Chapter of the two metal oxides, elucidated whether the nature of phage (or the displayed peptide) binding to the...