Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Prebiotic peptides: Molecular hubs in the origin of life

M Frenkel-Pinter, M Samanta, G Ashkenasy… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamental roles that peptides and proteins play in today's biology makes it almost
indisputable that peptides were key players in the origin of life. Insofar as it is appropriate to …

Self‐Assembling Peptide‐Based Functional Biomaterials

Y Huo, J Hu, Y Yin, P Liu, K Cai, W Ji - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides can self‐assemble into various hierarchical nanostructures through noncovalent
interactions and form functional materials exhibiting excellent chemical and physical …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptide with controlled polarization for power generation

V Nguyen, R Zhu, K Jenkins, R Yang - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Peptides have attracted considerable attention due to their biocompatibility, functional
molecular recognition and unique biological and electronic properties. The strong …

Amino-acid-encoded biocatalytic self-assembly enables the formation of transient conducting nanostructures

M Kumar, NL Ing, V Narang, NK Wijerathne… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Aqueous compatible supramolecular materials hold promise for applications in
environmental remediation, energy harvesting and biomedicine. One remaining challenge is …

Self-assembling hydrogel structures for neural tissue repair

S Peressotti, GE Koehl, JA Goding… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel materials have been employed as biological scaffolds for tissue regeneration
across a wide range of applications. Their versatility and biomimetic properties make them …

Peptide‐based molecular hydrogels as supramolecular protein mimics

N Singh, M Kumar, JF Miravet, RV Ulijn… - … –A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This Minireview concerns recent advances in the design, synthesis, and application of low
molecular‐weight peptidic hydrogelators. The sequence‐specific combinations of amino …

Unadulterated BODIPY nanoparticles for biomedical applications

T Zhang, C Ma, T Sun, Z Xie - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) as the robust dyes have been widely
applied in biomedical areas, especially for tumor imaging and phototherapy. Most of the …

Data-driven design and autonomous experimentation in soft and biological materials engineering

AL Ferguson, KA Brown - Annual Review of Chemical and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent developments in the applications of machine learning, data-
driven modeling, transfer learning, and autonomous experimentation for the discovery …

Tailor‐made functional peptide self‐assembling nanostructures

M Amit, S Yuran, E Gazit, M Reches… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Noncovalent interactions are the main driving force in the folding of proteins into a 3D
functional structure. Motivated by the wish to reveal the mechanisms of the associated self …