Biomimetic science has attracted great interest in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials
science, and energy. Biomimetic mineralization is the process of synthesizing inorganic …

Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

Mixed thermoreversible gels were successfully fabricated by the addition of a
thermosensitive polymer, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM), to fibrillar nanostructures …

Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are peptide-based molecules that contain a peptide sequence as
a head group covalently conjugated to a hydrophobic segment, such as lipid tails. They can …

The highly refined organic chemistry in solid-phase synthesis has made it the method of
choice not only to assemble peptides but also small proteins–mainly on a laboratory scale …

The diversity of naturally occurring amino acids endows even a very short peptide with an
incredible range of sequences, nanostructures and properties. Short peptide sequences …

Peptide self-assembly is a hierarchical process during which secondary structures formed in
the initial stages play a critical role in determining the subsequent assembling processes …

Peptide and protein fibrils have attracted an enormous amount of interests due to their
relevance to many neurodegenerative diseases and their potential applications in …

Hollow silica is a special type of novel inorganic material with one or more cavities inside. In
addition to the excellent properties as with its solid counterparts, hollow silica exhibits …

Life's diverse molecular functions are largely based on only a small number of highly
conserved building blocks–the twenty canonical amino acids. These building blocks are …