Abstract
Two dimensional crystals of streptavidin grown on lipid monolayers can be viewed as model systems for the study of phase transitions and morphology. These crystals form a variety of macroscopic morphologies associated with different microscopic crystal structures. Observed morphologies are similar to those found in two-dimensional lipid systems, and growth of the protein arrays is somewhat analogous. Such solid state physical processes as nucleation, transformation between crystal phases, crystal phase coexistence, and roughening have been observed in the streptavidin system. In this review, we highlight observations that cause streptavidin to remain an interesting model system exhibiting a variety of intriguing phenomena.
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