Long range electron transfer and proton transfer in biology: What do we know and how does it work?

N Amdursky - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Electron transfer (ET) and proton transfer (PT) events are involved in most of the biochemical
processes in biology, such as within the aerobic respiration system and photosynthesis …

A bio-inspired silkworm 3D cocoon-like hierarchical self-assembled structure from π-conjugated natural aromatic amino acids

S Mukherjee, SMM Reddy, G Shanmugam - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of spontaneous 3D self-assembled hierarchical structures from 1D nanofibers
is a significant breakthrough in materials science. Overcoming the major challenges …

Improved electrical conductance through self-assembly of bioinspired peptides into nanoscale fibers

RCG Creasey, Y Shingaya, T Nakayama - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigated the electrical conductance of films consisting of bio-inspired peptide
molecules and of their extended form, self-assembled nanoscale fibers. Here, the entirely …

Measuring proton currents of bioinspired materials with metallic contacts

M Amit, S Roy, Y Deng, E Josberger… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Charge transfer at the interface between the active layer and the contact is essential in any
device. Transfer of electronic charges across the contact/active layer interface with metal …

Enhanced solid-state electron transport via tryptophan containing peptide networks

N Amdursky - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrical conductivity via peptide networks was measured using conductive probe
atomic force microscopy, where the tryptophan-containing peptide network (composed of …

Triggered formation of anionic hydrogels from self-assembling acidic peptide amphiphiles

C Sinthuvanich, KJ Nagy-Smith, STR Walsh… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Peptide amphiphiles represent a growing class of self-assemblers capable of forming a wide
array of superstructures that can display targeted function. The electrostatic charge of the …

Design of self-assembling peptide hydrogelators amenable to bacterial expression

C Sonmez, KJ Nagy, JP Schneider - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydrogels formed from self-assembling peptides are finding use in tissue engineering and
drug delivery applications. Given the notorious difficulties associated with producing self …

Self‐assembly of two hydrophobins from marine fungi affected by interaction with surfaces

P Cicatiello, P Dardano, M Pirozzi… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrophobins are amphiphilic fungal proteins endowed with peculiar characteristics, such
as a high surface activity and an interface triggered self‐assembly. Several applications of …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical characteristics of amyloid beta peptides in vertical junctions

S Seo, J Lee, J Choi, GH Park, Y Hong, H Lee - NPG Asia Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Assembled amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides have been considered pathological assemblies
involved in human brain diseases, and the electron transfer or electron transport …

Processable soft conducting fibers of self-assembled (2, 5-diphenyl-2 H-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-carbonyl)-l-phenylalaninate

S Mondal, OJ Ibukun, M Gumtya, D Haldar - New Journal of Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study reports an efficient synthetic approach towards processable soft conducting
nanowires of 2, 5-diphenyl-2H-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-carbonyl appended to L-phenylalanine (1) …