[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured ceria: Biomolecular templates and (bio) applications

P Rozhin, M Melchionna, P Fornasiero, S Marchesan - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ceria (CeO2) nanostructures are well-known in catalysis for energy and environmental
preservation and remediation. Recently, they have also been gaining momentum for …

Experimental and theoretical review on covalent coupling and elemental doping of carbon nanomaterials for environmental photocatalysis

M Arooj, JBM Parambath, N Ali, A Khan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) are outstanding photocatalysts for tackling environmental
issues, however, their pristine forms possess poor dispersibility and limited stability under …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes as fluorescent probes for monitoring the self-assembly and morphology of peptide/polymer hybrid hydrogels

V Wulf, G Bisker - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels formed via supramolecular self-assembly of fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-
conjugated amino acids provide excellent scaffolds for 3D cell culture, tissue engineering …

Gold nanoparticles loaded TNF-α and CALNN peptide as a drug delivery system and promising therapeutic agent for breast cancer cells

MS Jabir, NA Abood, MH Jawad, K Öztürk… - Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the anti-cancer properties of gold nanoparticles loaded TNF-and CALNN
peptides, which we proposed as a potential drug delivery system using in vitro and in vivo …

Fullerenes against COVID-19: Repurposing C60 and C70 to Clog the Active Site of SARS-CoV-2 Protease

TD Marforio, EJ Mattioli, F Zerbetto, M Calvaresi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The persistency of COVID-19 in the world and the continuous rise of its variants demand
new treatments to complement vaccines. Computational chemistry can assist in the …

Peptide-based materials that exploit metal coordination

GA Bassan, S Marchesan - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metal–ion coordination has been widely exploited to control the supramolecular behavior of
a variety of building blocks into functional materials. In particular, peptides offer great …

Molecular functionalization and emergence of long-range spin-dependent phenomena in two-dimensional carbon nanotube networks

MW Rahman, MC Manas-Torres, S Firouzeh… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular functionalization of CNTs is a routine procedure in the field of nanotechnology.
However, whether and how these molecules affect the spin polarization of the charge …

Supramolecular hydrogels from a tripeptide and carbon nano-onions for biological applications

D Marin, M Bartkowski, S Kralj, B Rosetti, P D'Andrea… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanocomposite hydrogels have attracted researchers' attention in recent years to achieve
superior performances in a variety of materials applications. In this work, we describe the …

Heteroatom-directed supramolecular helical-rich architectures in N-terminal protected pyridyl aromatic amino acids

T Vijayakanth, B Xue, S Guerin… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular helical structures formed by the assembly of biological and bio-inspired
building blocks (typically amino acids, peptides and proteins) are an intriguing class of …

Growth, properties, and applications of branched carbon nanostructures

S Malik, S Marchesan - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials featuring branched carbon nanotubes (b-CNTs), nanofibers (b-CNFs), or
other types of carbon nanostructures (CNSs) are of great interest due to their outstanding …