Peptide nanofibers with dynamic instability through nonequilibrium biocatalytic assembly

S Debnath, S Roy, RV Ulijn - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the formation of supramolecular peptide nanofibers that display dynamic
instability; ie, they are formed by competing assembly and disassembly reactions, where …

Exploiting enzymatic (reversed) hydrolysis in directed self‐assembly of peptide nanostructures

AK Das, R Collins, RV Ulijn - Small, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme‐catalyzed reactions can be exploited to control molecular self‐assembly under
physiological conditions by converting nonassembling precursors into self‐assembly …

Intermolecular forces in the self‐assembly of peptide amphiphile nanofibers

JC Stendahl, MS Rao, MO Guler… - Advanced Functional …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic materials that self-assemble with nanometer-scale features from polypeptides,[1–
3] oligopeptides,[4–6] cyclic peptides,[7] and peptide amphiphiles [8–10] may contribute to …

Temperature-induced reversible self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptide and the structural transition from organogel to crystalline nanowires

R Huang, Y Wang, W Qi, R Su, Z He - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
Controlling the self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptide (FF) into various nanoarchitectures
has received great amounts of attention in recent years. Here, we report the temperature …

pH-controlled hierarchical self-assembly of peptide amphiphile

Y Chen, HX Gan, YW Tong - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
The self-assembling behavior of peptide amphiphiles can be leveraged upon to form
complex nanostructures that have a wide range of applications. Herein we present a study …

Self-assembly of multidomain peptides: sequence variation allows control over cross-linking and viscoelasticity

L Aulisa, H Dong, JD Hartgerink - Biomacromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
An important goal in supramolecular chemistry is to achieve controlled self-assembly of
molecules into well-defined nanostructures and the subsequent control over macroscopic …

Cooperative self-assembly of peptide gelators and proteins

N Javid, S Roy, M Zelzer, Z Yang, J Sefcik… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly provides a versatile route for the production of nanoscale materials
for medical and technological applications. Herein, we demonstrate that the cooperative self …

Self-assembly of peptide− amphiphile nanofibers: the roles of hydrogen bonding and amphiphilic packing

SE Paramonov, HW Jun… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The role of hydrogen bonding and amphiphilic packing in the self-assembly of peptide−
amphiphiles (PAs) was investigated using a series of 26 PA derivatives, including 19 N …

Dual self-assembly of supramolecular peptide nanotubes to provide stabilisation in water

JY Rho, H Cox, EDH Mansfield, SH Ellacott… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Self-assembling peptides have the ability to spontaneously aggregate into large ordered
structures. The reversibility of the peptide hydrogen bonded supramolecular assembly make …

From short peptides to nanofibers to macromolecular assemblies in biomedicine

Y Loo, S Zhang, CAE Hauser - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
In the last few years, a variety of self-assembling short peptides that consist exclusively of
simple amino acids have been designed and modified. These peptides exhibit self …