Controlling the self-assembly of biomolecules into functional nanomaterials through internal interactions and external stimulations: A review

L Wang, C Gong, X Yuan, G Wei - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular self-assembly provides a facile way to synthesize functional nanomaterials.
Due to the unique structure and functions of biomolecules, the created biological …

Self‐assembly in nature: using the principles of nature to create complex nanobiomaterials

AC Mendes, ET Baran, RL Reis… - Wiley interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a ubiquitous process in biology where it plays numerous important roles
and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Over the past …

Emerging biological materials through molecular self-assembly

S Zhang - Biotechnology advances, 2002 - Elsevier
Understanding of new materials at the molecular level has become increasingly critical for a
new generation of nanomaterials for nanotechnology, namely, the design, synthesis and …

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 …

Enzyme‐instructed self‐assembly (EISA) and hydrogelation of peptides

J Gao, J Zhan, Z Yang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a powerful tool for constructing supramolecular materials for many
applications, ranging from energy harvesting to biomedicine. Among the methods to prepare …

Synthetic self‐assembled materials in biological environments

F Versluis, JH van Esch, R Eelkema - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic self‐assembly has long been recognized as an excellent approach for the
formation of ordered structures on the nanoscale. Although the development of synthetic self …

Transient self-assembly of molecular nanostructures driven by chemical fuels

F Della Sala, S Neri, S Maiti, JLY Chen… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Self-assembly processes can be activated by chemical fuels.•Fuel consumption
causes in spontaneous dissociation of the assembly.•The lifetime of the assembled …

Self-assembly of organic nanomaterials and biomaterials: The bottom-up approach for functional nanostructures formation and advanced applications

D Lombardo, P Calandra, L Pasqua, S Magazù - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we survey recent advances in the self-assembly processes of novel functional
platforms for nanomaterials and biomaterials applications. We provide an organized …

Nanomaterial processing using self-assembly-bottom-up chemical and biological approaches

R Thiruvengadathan, V Korampally… - Reports on Progress …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanotechnology is touted as the next logical sequence in technological evolution. This has
led to a substantial surge in research activities pertaining to the development and …

Nanostructures based on protein self-assembly: From hierarchical construction to bioinspired materials

H Sun, Q Luo, C Hou, J Liu - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Sophisticated protein self-assemblies have attracted great scientific interests in recent few
decades due to their various potential applications in substance/signal transmission …