Biomimetic mineralization based on self-assembling peptides

Q Li, Y Wang, G Zhang, R Su, W Qi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimetic science has attracted great interest in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials
science, and energy. Biomimetic mineralization is the process of synthesizing inorganic …

Advancements in cell membrane camouflaged nanoparticles: a bioinspired platform for cancer therapy

N Dhas, MC García, R Kudarha, A Pandey… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The idea of employing natural cell membranes as a coating medium for nanoparticles (NPs)
endows man-made vectors with natural capabilities and benefits. In addition to retaining the …

Protein/peptide-templated biomimetic synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles for biomedical applications

W Yang, W Guo, J Chang, B Zhang - Journal of materials chemistry B, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, protein/peptide-based biomimetic mineralization has been demonstrated to be an
efficient and promising strategy for synthesis of inorganic/metal nanoparticles (NPs) for …

Symmetry-breaking plasmonic mesoporous gold nanoparticles with large pores

AS Nugraha, O Guselnikova, J Henzie, J Na… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Creating free-standing gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with large pores is desirable because
the exterior and interior voids can enhance electrocatalytic activity, mass transport, and …

Rational design of biomolecular templates for synthesizing multifunctional noble metal nanoclusters toward personalized theranostic applications

Y Yu, BYL Mok, XJ Loh, YN Tan - Advanced Healthcare …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Biomolecule‐templated or biotemplated metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ultrasmall (< 2 nm)
metal (Au, Ag) particles stabilized by a certain type of biomolecular template (eg, peptides …

Phenylalanine Dipeptide-Regulated Ag/In2O3 Nanocomposites for Enhanced NO2 Gas Sensing at Room Temperature with UV Illumination

Z Ying, X He, C Feng, L Li, F Wen… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This work demonstrates that phenylalanine dipeptide-regulated silver can improve the gas
sensing performance of a nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas sensor. Herein, Ag/In2O3 was …

Multifaceted peptide assisted one-pot synthesis of gold nanoparticles for plectin-1 targeted gemcitabine delivery in pancreatic cancer

K Pal, F Al-Suraih, R Gonzalez-Rodriguez, SK Dutta… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An astute modification of the plectin-1-targeting peptide KTLLPTP by introducing a C-
terminal cysteine preceded by a tyrosine residue imparted a reducing property to the …

Recent Advances in Bio‐Templated Metallic Nanomaterial Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Applications

Y Pan, WJ Paschoalino, A Szuchmacher Blum… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing metallic nanocatalysts with high reaction activity, selectivity and practical
durability is a promising and active subfield in electrocatalysis. In the classical “bottom‐up” …

A human endogenous protein exerts multi-role biomimetic chemistry in synthesis of paramagnetic gold nanostructures for tumor bimodal imaging

W Yang, X Wu, Y Dou, J Chang, C Xiang, J Yu, J Wang… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Protein-mediated biomimetic nanoparticles because of simplicity of their synthesis, subdued
nonspecific adsorption, improved pharmacokinetics, and biocompatibility have been …

Protein‐and peptide‐directed approaches to fluorescent metal nanoclusters

Y Hu, W Guo, H Wei - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent metal nanoclusters (FMNCs), one of the promising functional nanomaterials,
have aroused great interest in diverse areas due to their unique characteristics, such as …