The polymer and materials science of the bacterial fimbriae Caf1

DA Fulton, G Dura, DT Peters - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fimbriae are long filamentous polymeric protein structures located upon the surface of
bacteria. Often implicated in pathogenicity, the biosynthesis and function of fimbriae has …

Kaleidoscope megamolecules synthesis and application using self-assembly technology

S Zhou, Y Wei - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The megamolecules with high ordered structures play an important role in chemical biology
and biomedical engineering. Self-assembly, a long-discovered but very appealing …

Investigation of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in Donor–Acceptor Organic Emitters with Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy

L Fisher Jr, RJ Vázquez, M Howell… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this contribution, we utilize multiple time-resolved and nonlinear optical measurements
and quantum chemical simulations to investigate the excited-state dynamics of organic …

Static disorder has dynamic impact on energy transport in biomimetic light-harvesting complexes

LM Hamerlynck, AJ Bischoff, JR Rogers… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite extensive studies, many questions remain about what structural and energetic
factors give rise to the remarkable energy transport efficiency of photosynthetic light …

A pyrene-based two-photon excitable fluorescent probe to visualize nuclei in live cells

CS Abeywickrama, KJ Wijesinghe, CB Plescia… - Photochemical & …, 2020 - Springer
The two-photon absorption properties of a pyrene-pyridinium dye (1) were studied for
potential application in two-photon spectroscopy. When probe 1 was used in cellular two …

Design and synthesis of megamolecule mimics of a therapeutic antibody

JA Modica, T Iderzorig, M Mrksich - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This communication describes the design, synthesis, and biological activity of a
megamolecule mimic of an anti-HER2 antibody. The antibody mimic was prepared by …

Solid-phase synthesis of megamolecules

BR Kimmel, JA Modica, K Parker… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a solid-phase strategy to efficiently assemble multiprotein scaffolds—
known as megamolecules—without the need for protecting groups and with precisely …

Logic Control of Directional Long‐Range Resonance Energy Transfer On 2D DNA Nanosheet

C Li, W Lv, F Yang, C Li, C Huang, S Zhen - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
By arranging fluorophores in a directional way on a 2D DNA nanosheet that transfers energy
from the initial donor to the acceptor through homogeneous Förster resonance energy …

Synthetic Tuning of Domain Stoichiometry in Nanobody–Enzyme Megamolecules

KJ Metcalf, BR Kimmel, DJ Sykora… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a method to synthetically tune atomically precise megamolecule
nanobody–enzyme conjugates for prodrug cancer therapy. Previous efforts to create …

Excitation-energy transfer under strong laser drive

X Wang, Z Zhang, J Wang - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Strong molecule-light interaction enables the control of molecular structures and dynamical
processes. A model with a strong laser drive is proposed to greatly enhance the …