Biomedical and bioactive engineered nanomaterials for targeted tumor photothermal therapy: A review

W Wei, X Zhang, S Zhang, G Wei, Z Su - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, a lot of efforts have been applied to diagnosis and treat tumors through the
fabrication of highly-efficient and multi-functional nanomaterials. Superior to other methods …

Biomolecule-mimetic nanomaterials for photothermal and photodynamic therapy of cancers: Bridging nanobiotechnology and biomedicine

P He, G Yang, D Zhu, H Kong… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Nanomaterial-based phototherapy has become an important research direction for cancer
therapy, but it still to face some obstacles, such as the toxic side effects and low target …

Self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels: Fabrication, properties, and applications

K Fu, H Wu, Z Su - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
The hierarchical formation of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels (SAPHs) starts from
peptide to nanofibers, following with the entanglement into hydrogels with nanofibrous …

Protein-mimetic peptide nanofibers: Motif design, self-assembly synthesis, and sequence-specific biomedical applications

W Zhang, X Yu, Y Li, Z Su, KD Jandt, G Wei - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The design and fabrication of self-assembled peptide nanostructures offer an amazing
platform for creating functional nanomaterials for various biomedical applications. Utilizing …

Designed graphene-peptide nanocomposites for biosensor applications: A review

L Wang, Y Zhang, A Wu, G Wei - Analytica chimica acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The modification of graphene with biomacromolecules like DNA, protein, peptide, and others
extends the potential applications of graphene materials in various fields. The bound …

Hierarchical nanomaterials via biomolecular self-assembly and bioinspiration for energy and environmental applications

C Gong, S Sun, Y Zhang, L Sun, Z Su, A Wu, G Wei - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired synthesis offers potential green strategies to build highly complex nanomaterials
by utilizing the unique nanostructures, functions, and properties of biomolecules, in which …

Recent advance in tailoring the structure and functions of self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for biomedical applications

D Zhu, H Kong, Z Sun, Y Xu, P Han, Y Xi… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular design and biomimetic/bioinspired synthesis provide facile ways for the
construction of functional nanomaterials for various applications. Peptide-based functional …

Toward greener synthesis of gold nanomaterials: From biological to biomimetic synthesis

RR Nasaruddin, T Chen, Q Yao, S Zang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, the use of biomolecules, either from biological or biomimetic
systems (or so-called biological or biomimetic synthesis), has emerged as a promising …

Targeting self-assembly peptide for inhibiting breast tumor progression and metastasis

S Luo, J Feng, L Xiao, L Guo, L Deng, Z Du, Y Xue… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous interactions between tumor cells and the surrounding microenvironment
contribute to tumor metastasis, interrupting these communications has, therefore, a great …

Peptide‐engineered fluorescent nanomaterials: Structure design, function tailoring, and biomedical applications

Y Wang, K Xia, L Wang, M Wu, X Sang, K Wan… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent nanomaterials have exhibited promising applications in biomedical and tissue
engineering fields. To improve the properties and expand bioapplications of fluorescent …