Self-assembly of amphiphilic amino acid derivatives for biomedical applications

T Wang, C Ménard-Moyon, A Bianco - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Amino acids are one of the simplest biomolecules and they play an essential role in many
biological processes. They have been extensively used as building blocks for the synthesis …

Non-standard amino acids and peptides: From self-assembly to nanomaterials

F Clerici, E Erba, ML Gelmi, S Pellegrino - Tetrahedron letters, 2016 - Elsevier
The exploitation of peptides in the development of smart nanomaterials is gaining increasing
attention in the last few years. Amino acids are indeed able to drive the self-assembly and …

Amino Acid Based Self‐assembled Nanostructures: Complex Structures from Remarkably Simple Building Blocks

P Chakraborty, E Gazit - ChemNanoMat, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Amino acids are the simplest biological building blocks capable of forming discreet
nanostructures by supramolecular self‐assembly. The understanding of the process of …

Self-assembly of bioactive peptides, peptide conjugates, and peptide mimetic materials

CJC Edwards-Gayle, IW Hamley - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembly is a multi-disciplinary field of research, with potential chemical and
biological applications. One of the main driving forces of self-assembly is molecular …

Self-assembly and application of diphenylalanine-based nanostructures

X Yan, P Zhu, J Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Micro-and nanostructures fabricated from biological building blocks have attracted
tremendous attention owing to their potential for application in biology and in …

Understanding the self-ordering of amino acids into supramolecular architectures: co-assembly-based modulation of phenylalanine nanofibrils

P Singh, SK Pandey, A Grover, RK Sharma… - Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Amino acids have emerged as promising molecular frameworks for the generation of
functional materials owing to the bio-compatibility and thermodynamic stability of their self …

Self-assembly of amino acids toward functional biomaterials

H Ren, L Wu, L Tan, Y Bao, Y Ma… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2021 - beilstein-journals.org
Biomolecules, such as proteins and peptides, can be self-assembled. They are widely
distributed, easy to obtain, and biocompatible. However, the self-assembly of proteins and …

Amphiphilic peptides and their cross-disciplinary role as building blocks for nanoscience

S Cavalli, F Albericio, A Kros - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides are particularly attractive as molecular building blocks in the bottom-up fabrication
of supramolecular structures based on self-assembly and have potential in many important …

Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Peptides and its Applications in Bionanotechnology

BB Gerbelli, SV Vassiliades, JEU Rojas… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled structures obtained from organic molecules have shown great potential for
applications in a wide range of domains. In this context, short peptides prove to be a …

Molecular self-assembly and applications of designer peptide amphiphiles

X Zhao, F Pan, H Xu, M Yaseen, H Shan… - Chemical Society …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Short synthetic peptide amphiphiles have recently been explored as effective
nanobiomaterials in applications ranging from controlled gene and drug release, skin care …