Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis

T Zeng, RP Gautam, DH Ko, HL Wu… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Hybrid bilayer membrane (HBM) platforms represent an emerging nanoscale bio-inspired
interface that has broad implications in energy catalysis and smart molecular devices. An …

Probing the coverage of nanoparticles by biomimetic membranes through nanoplasmonics

J Cardellini, A Ridolfi, M Donati, V Giampietro… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although promising for biomedicine, the clinical translation of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs)
is limited by low biocompatibility and stability in biological fluids. A common strategy to …

Nitrile-facilitated proton transfer for enhanced oxygen reduction by hybrid electrocatalysts

T Zeng, RP Gautam, CJ Barile, Y Li, ECM Tse - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
To enable efficient energy conversion schemes for our society in the future, breakthroughs in
precise thermodynamic and kinetic control of the underlying redox reactions are necessary …

α-Synuclein sterically stabilizes spherical nanoparticle-supported lipid bilayers

PJ Chung, Q Zhang, HL Hwang, A Leong… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
While it is generally accepted that neuronal protein α-synuclein binds to highly curved and
highly charged lipid membranes, its biological function beyond binding remains unknown …

Formation and properties of a self-assembled nanoparticle-supported lipid bilayer probed through molecular dynamics simulations

H Jing, Y Wang, PR Desai, KS Ramamurthi, S Das - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
We have carried out coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the self-
assembly procedure of a system of randomly placed lipid molecules, water beads, and a …

The C‐Terminal Domain of α‐Synuclein Confers Steric Stabilization on Synaptic Vesicle‐Like Surfaces

PJ Chung, HL Hwang, BR Slaw… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While α‐synuclein, an intrinsically disordered protein linked to Parkinson's disease, has
been shown to associate with membrane organelles, its overall cellular function remains …

THE NANO-BIO INTERFACE AS A PLATFORM FOR TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

J Cardellini - 2023 - flore.unifi.it
Despite the potentially revolutionary impact of the use of nanomaterials in medical
applications, the number of nanoparticles (NPs) approved for clinical trials is still very …