Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

Hierarchical materials from high information content macromolecular building blocks: Construction, dynamic interventions, and prediction

L Shao, J Ma, JL Prelesnik, Y Zhou, M Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hierarchical materials that exhibit order over multiple length scales are ubiquitous in nature.
Because hierarchy gives rise to unique properties and functions, many have sought …

Nanostructures based on protein self-assembly: From hierarchical construction to bioinspired materials

H Sun, Q Luo, C Hou, J Liu - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Sophisticated protein self-assemblies have attracted great scientific interests in recent few
decades due to their various potential applications in substance/signal transmission …

Triggering biological processes: methods and applications of photocaged peptides and proteins

AE Mangubat-Medina, ZT Ball - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been a significant push in recent years to deploy fundamental knowledge and
methods of photochemistry toward biological ends. Photoreactive groups have enabled …

Morphology transformation of self-assembled organic nanomaterials in aqueous solution induced by stimuli-triggered chemical structure changes

W Zhang, C Gao - Journal of materials chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive shape transformation plays an important role in organisms at various
scales, from the molecular, cellular, and to the macroscopic range, and through this process …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical self-assembly of proteins through rationally designed supramolecular interfaces

H Sun, Y Li, S Yu, J Liu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With the increasing advances in the basic understanding of pathogenesis mechanism and
fabrication of advanced biological materials, protein nanomaterials are being developed for …

Photoswitchable Azobenzene/Cyclodextrin Host‐Guest Complexes: From UV‐to Visible/Near‐IR‐Light‐Responsive Systems

D Wang, W Zhao, Q Wei, C Zhao, Y Zheng - ChemPhotoChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
UV‐light‐responsive azobenzene (Azo)/cyclodextrin (CD) host‐guest complexes are
attractive for designing smart stimuli‐responsive materials, and have been extensively …

Photoisomerizable azobenzene dyes incorporated into polymers and dendrimers. Influence of the molecular aggregation on the nonlinear optical properties

F Cuetara-Guadarrama, M Vonlanthen… - Dyes and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this feature article, an overview of azobenzene containing dyes, polymers and dendrimers
is presented. The main focus is on the results obtained in our research group during the last …

Protein‐Based Controllable Nanoarchitectonics for Desired Applications

L Li, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Wang, W Cui… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Controllable protein nanoarchitectonics refers to the process of manipulating and controlling
the assembly of proteins at the nanoscale to achieve domain‐limited and accurate spatial …

Dendrimer-protein interactions versus dendrimer-based nanomedicine

D Shcharbin, N Shcharbina, V Dzmitruk… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dendrimers are hyperbranched polymers belonging to the huge class of nanomedical
devices. Their wide application in biology and medicine requires understanding of the …