Biomimetic peptide self-assembly for functional materials

A Levin, TA Hakala, L Schnaider… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Natural biomolecular systems have evolved to form a rich variety of supramolecular
materials and machinery fundamental to cellular function. The assembly of these structures …

Self-assembled peptide and protein nanostructures for anti-cancer therapy: Targeted delivery, stimuli-responsive devices and immunotherapy

M Delfi, R Sartorius, M Ashrafizadeh, E Sharifi, Y Zhang… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-assembled peptides and proteins possess tremendous potential as targeted drug
delivery systems and key applications of these well-defined nanostructures reside in anti …

Functional supramolecular systems: Design and applications

IS Antipin, MV Alfimov, VV Arslanov… - Russian Chemical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Peptide self-assembly: thermodynamics and kinetics

J Wang, K Liu, R Xing, X Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembling systems play a significant role in physiological functions and have therefore
attracted tremendous attention due to their great potential for applications in energy …

Self-assembling peptide semiconductors

K Tao, P Makam, R Aizen, E Gazit - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND The increasing demand for environmentally friendly organic
semiconductors that can be easily fabricated and tuned has inspired scientists to design self …

Self-assembling dipeptide antibacterial nanostructures with membrane disrupting activity

L Schnaider, S Brahmachari, NW Schmidt… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Peptide-based supramolecular assemblies are a promising class of nanomaterials with
important biomedical applications, specifically in drug delivery and tissue regeneration …

Controlled self-assembly of plant proteins into high-performance multifunctional nanostructured films

A Kamada, M Rodriguez-Garcia, FS Ruggeri… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The abundance of plant-derived proteins, as well as their biodegradability and low
environmental impact make them attractive polymeric feedstocks for next-generation …

Controlled rod nanostructured assembly of diphenylalanine and their optical waveguide properties

Q Li, Y Jia, L Dai, Y Yang, J Li - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Diphenylalanine (FF) microrods were obtained by manipulating the fabrication conditions.
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence (FL) spectroscopy …

Controlling the self-assembly of biomolecules into functional nanomaterials through internal interactions and external stimulations: A review

L Wang, C Gong, X Yuan, G Wei - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular self-assembly provides a facile way to synthesize functional nanomaterials.
Due to the unique structure and functions of biomolecules, the created biological …

Ostwald's rule of stages governs structural transitions and morphology of dipeptide supramolecular polymers

A Levin, TO Mason, L Adler-Abramovich… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The self-assembly of molecular building blocks into nano-and micro-scale supramolecular
architectures has opened up new frontiers in polymer science. Such supramolecular species …