Emerging 2D nanomaterials for biomedical applications

A Murali, G Lokhande, KA Deo, A Brokesh… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are an emerging class of biomaterials with
remarkable potential for biomedical applications. The planar topography of these …

Host defense peptide mimicking antimicrobial amino acid polymers and beyond: Design, synthesis and biomedical applications

Y Wu, K Chen, J Wang, M Chen, Y Chen, Y She… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial infections endanger human health and life. Conventional antibiotics has saved
countless human lives, however, is seriously challenged by the quick emergence of …

Addressing MRSA infection and antibacterial resistance with peptoid polymers

J Xie, M Zhou, Y Qian, Z Cong, S Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) induced infection calls for
antibacterial agents that are not prone to antimicrobial resistance. We prepare protease …

Hierarchical nanomaterials assembled from peptoids and other sequence-defined synthetic polymers

Z Li, B Cai, W Yang, CL Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In nature, the self-assembly of sequence-specific biopolymers into hierarchical structures
plays an essential role in the construction of functional biomaterials. To develop synthetic …

Pharmapolymers in the 21st century: Synthetic polymers in drug delivery applications

C Englert, JC Brendel, TC Majdanski, T Yildirim… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The administration of drugs, as a main challenge of pharmaceutical and medicinal
applications, has certainly benefited from the application of synthetic polymers. However …

Animal-and human-inspired nanostructures as supercapacitor electrode materials: a review

I Hussain, C Lamiel, S Sahoo, MS Javed, M Ahmad… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Human civilization has been relentlessly inspired by the nurturing lessons; nature is
teaching us. From birds to airplanes and bullet trains, nature gave us a lot of perspective in …

Engineering precise sequence-defined polymers for advanced functions

Q Shi, Z Deng, M Hou, X Hu, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike natural macromolecules (eg, nucleic acids and proteins) possessing precisely
defined molar mass, chain sequence, chirality, and topology, synthetic polymers are typically …

Advances in development of antimicrobial peptidomimetics as potential drugs

N Molchanova, PR Hansen, H Franzyk - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens has evolved into a global health
problem as current treatment options are failing for infections caused by pan-resistant …

Defining the field of sequence‐controlled polymers

JF Lutz - Sequence‐Controlled Polymers, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last ten years, the development of synthetic polymers containing controlled
monomer sequences has become a prominent topic in fundamental and applied polymer …

The protein folding problem: the role of theory

R Nassar, GL Dignon, RM Razban, KA Dill - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The protein folding problem was first articulated as question of how order arose from
disorder in proteins: How did the various native structures of proteins arise from interatomic …