Peptide design and self-assembly into targeted nanostructure and functional materials

NJ Sinha, MG Langenstein, DJ Pochan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Peptides have been extensively utilized to construct nanomaterials that display targeted
structure through hierarchical assembly. The self-assembly of both rationally designed …

Bionanoparticles in cancer imaging, diagnosis, and treatment

Y Li, Q Bao, S Yang, M Yang, C Mao - View, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological molecules such as DNA, proteins, and lipids can be assembled into naturally
existing nanoparticles, such as bacterial viruses (also called bacteriophages or phages) …

Functional nucleic acid nanomaterials: development, properties, and applications

W Xu, W He, Z Du, L Zhu, K Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Functional nucleic acid (FNA) nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field between nucleic
acid biochemistry and nanotechnology that focuses on the study of interactions between …

Advanced approaches for improving bioavailability and controlled release of anthocyanins

Y Shen, N Zhang, J Tian, G Xin, L Liu, X Sun… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthocyanins are a group of phytochemicals responsible for the purple or red color of plants.
Additionally, they are recognized to have health promoting functions including anti …

Untapped potential of deep eutectic solvents for the synthesis of bioinspired inorganic–organic materials

M Wysokowski, RK Luu, S Arevalo, E Khare… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) in 2003, significant progress has been
made in the field, specifically advancing aspects of their preparation and physicochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Unity in the biochemistry of the iron-storage proteins ferritin and bacterioferritin

K Honarmand Ebrahimi, PL Hagedoorn… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Life on earth is dependent on the catalytic activity of a number of different metal ions in their
polypeptide scaffold. Of these metals iron is widely used for catalysis of many reactions by …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalizing ferritin nanoparticles for vaccine development

MQ Rodrigues, PM Alves, A Roldão - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the interest in ferritin-based vaccines has been increasing due to their
safety and immunogenicity. Candidates against a wide range of pathogens are now on …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering protein nanocages as carriers for biomedical applications

S Bhaskar, S Lim - NPG Asia materials, 2017 - nature.com
Protein nanocages have been explored as potential carriers in biomedicine. Formed by the
self-assembly of protein subunits, the caged structure has three surfaces that can be …

Ferritin: a promising nanoreactor and nanocarrier for bionanotechnology

A Mohanty, A Parida, RK Raut… - ACS bio & med chem …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The essence of bionanotechnology lies in the application of nanotechnology/nanomaterials
to solve the biological problems. Quantum dots and nanoparticles hold potential biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles and DNA–a powerful and growing functional combination in bionanotechnology

A Samanta, IL Medintz - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Functionally integrating DNA and other nucleic acids with nanoparticles in all their different
physicochemical forms has produced a rich variety of composite nanomaterials which, in …