Tuning peptide-based hydrogels: Co-assembly with composites driving the highway to technological applications

V Gomes, SRS Veloso, MA Correa-Duarte… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Self-assembled peptide-based gels provide several advantages for technological
applications. Recently, the co-assembly of gelators has been a strategy to modulate and …

Metal-induced self-assembly template for controlled growth of ZIF-8 nanorods

C Keum, H Lee, C Kwon, B Han, SY Lee - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive method to prepare a one-dimensional (1D) metal–organic framework
(MOF) has attracted research interest because the 1D MOFs are useful as precursor …

Platinum-binding peptides: understanding of selective binding and multifunctionality

N Pramounmat, K Yan, J Wolf… - Multifunctional …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Platinum-binding (Pt-binding) peptides have been used for fabrication of complex
platinum nanomaterials such as catalysts, metallopharmaceuticals, and electrodes. In this …

A pH‐Induced Reversible Conformational Switch Able to Control the Photocurrent Efficiency in a Peptide Supramolecular System

S Kubitzky, M Venanzi, B Biondi… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
External stimuli are potent tools that Nature uses to control protein function and activity. For
instance, during viral entry and exit, pH variations are known to trigger large protein …

Coassembly behavior and rheological properties of a β-hairpin peptide with dicarboxylates

Y Ge, C Wang, W Zhang, S Lai, D Wang, J Wang - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
To understand the molecular interaction mechanism and develop peptide-based hydrogels,
a β-hairpin peptide CBHH was used as the model peptide, and its coassembly performance …

Controlling the properties and self-assembly of helical nanofibrils by engineering zinc-binding β-hairpin peptides

E Simonovsky, Y Miller - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This work illustrates a series of novel peptides that have the capability to bind Zn2+ ions and
to produce fibrillar structures. The location and the type of the residues along the peptide …

Self‐assembly of hairpin peptides mediated by Cu (II) ion: Effect of amino acid sequence

J Wang, C Wang, Y Ge, Y Sun, D Wang… - Peptide Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The alteration of amino acid register in peptides could affect their folding properties and thus
functions. The effect of sequence in metal ion induced folding of peptide/protein is important …

De novo design of metal‐binding cleft in a Trp‐Trp stapled thermostable β‐hairpin peptide

M Lella, R Mahalakshmi - Peptide Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metals are important molecules in protein biochemistry, as they are involved in various
essential biochemical processes. Inspired by the coordination chemistry of metal‐binding …

Microwave-assisted synthesis of self-assembly urchin-like ruthenium nanostructures in benzyl alcohol-glycerol mixed solvents

Q Wang, C Li, L Wei, C Lu, M Chen, H Yang… - Journal of Crystal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, urchin-like ruthenium nanostructures (Ru NS), with an average size of
approximately 30.2 nm, were successfully fabricated by reduction ruthenium chloride (RuCl …

Self-assembly of cyclic dipeptides and their fluorescent properties

J Yang, Y Li, X Wang, D Wang, Y Sun, J Wang… - Acta Chimica …, 2019 - sioc-journal.cn
Cyclic dipeptide (CDP) is a kind of the smallest cyclic peptide with two amino acids
cyclization through amide bonds. The two amide bonds with four hydrogen bonding sites …