Development of peptide–inorganic hybrid materials based on biomineralization and their functional design based on structural controls

K Murai - Polymer Journal, 2023 - nature.com
The functional design of hard tissues by structural control during biomineralization has
attracted attention as a novel method for the development of next-generation functional …

Narcissistic Self-Sorting of Amphiphilic Collagen-Inspired Peptides in Supramolecular Vesicular Assembly

T Koga, A Ikejiri, N Higashi - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we describe the hierarchical self-assembly accompanying self-sorting of collagen-
inspired peptides (CPs). The two amphiphilic CPs used in this study contained an …

Peptide-templated biomineralization of titanium dioxide toward improved light absorption and photodegradation activity

R Tsuchiya, K Murai - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The mineralization of TiO2 has been previously investigated by controlling the morphology
and crystal phase of TiO2 using several organic templates, but the relationship between the …

Bioinspired mineralization of calcium carbonate in peptide hydrogel acting as a multifunctional three-dimensional template

K Murai, Y Funamizu, T Ogura… - Journal of Asian Ceramic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Biomineralization is the process by which biominerals, minerals composed of bioinorganic
matter possessing a controlled structure and orientation and a biomacromolecular assembly …

Controlling nucleation and growth of nano-CaCO3 via CO2 sequestration by a calcium alkoxide solution to produce nanocomposites for drug delivery applications

NGM Palmqvist, JM Nedelec, GA Seisenbaeva… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Calcium carbonate is an extremely attractive material in a plethora of biomedical
applications. Intensive efforts have recently been made to achieve the control over its …

Mineralization of magnetic nano-tape in self-organized nanospace composed of nucleopeptides and peptides

K Murai, K Inagaki, C Hiraoka, S Minoshima… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-organization based on specific interactions has been actively studied for the formation
of highly ordered and hierarchical structures on the molecular scale. We designed and …

Effect of linearly polarized microwaves on nanomorphology of calcium carbonate mineralization using peptides

K Usui, M Ozaki, K Hirao, T Kosaka, N Endo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Microwaves are used for diverse applications such as mobile phones, ovens, and therapy
devices. However, there are few reports on the effects of microwaves on diseases other than …

Facile fabrication of gelatin hydrogels with anisotropic gel properties via self-assembly

K Kawaguchi, S Komatsu, A Kikuchi, Y Nomura… - Polymer Journal, 2022 - nature.com
Using a facile method, a gelatin hydrogel with anisotropic gel properties was prepared on a
substrate via hydrogelation to induce self-assembly. The specific structure of the gelatin …

Amylopectin regulated mineralization of calcium carbonate and its application in removing of Pb (II)

Q Zhao, L Zhou, J Du, G Wang… - Crystal Research and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As an ecological and environment‐friendly building material, sticky rice mortar has attracted
the attention of many researchers. Amylopectin is the most important organic matter of it …

Fabrication of a peptide–AuNP–TiO2 nanocomposite and its application as a VOC sensor

T Iwakiri, H Suzuki, S Mastubara, M Higuchi - Polymer Journal, 2024 - nature.com
We fabricated a volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor with a peptide–Au nanoparticle
(AuNP)–TiO2 nanocomposite in which AuNPs were linked with TiO2-coated conductive …