The origins of biopolymers pose fascinating questions in prebiotic chemistry. The marvelous
assembly proficiencies of biopolymers suggest they are winners of a competitive …

Autocatalysis has been recognized to be involved in the emergence of life and intrinsic to
biomolecular replication. Recently, an efficient template autocatalysis driven by solvent‐free …

The knowledge regarding the origins of life from inanimate materials is still elusive. It was
proposed that biological building blocks evolved from the inorganic substances present in …

Self-assembly enables access to complex molecular architectures but is traditionally
confined to structures that represent global minima on the Gibbs energy landscape. We now …

Incorporation of naphthalene diimide moieties as side chains of short amphiphilic peptide
results in the formation of fibrils that exhibit substantial intermolecular π-stacking …

Coiled coils (CCs) are well‐understood protein‐folding motifs. They appear in a variety of
oligomer states and as homo‐and heteromeric assemblies. This versatility and the general …

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn metabolic disorder characterized by excess
accumulation of phenylalanine (Phe) and its fibril formation, resulting in progressive …

The inherent ability of peptides to self‐assemble with directional and rationally predictable
interactions has fostered a plethora of synthetic two‐dimensional (2D) supramolecular …

Living cells use chemical building blocks (biopolymers) to form fascinatingly complex
architectures, which in turn display multiple functions necessary for the cell life cycle. The …

The spontaneous formation of well-defined supramolecular structures, based on precisely
located, finely balanced, and weak, relative to kT, interactions among the assembling …