Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: developing chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Simulations of inorganic–bioorganic interfaces to discover new materials: insights, comparisons to experiment, challenges, and opportunities

H Heinz, H Ramezani-Dakhel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural and man-made materials often rely on functional interfaces between inorganic and
organic compounds. Examples include skeletal tissues and biominerals, drug delivery …

Chemistry of aqueous silica nanoparticle surfaces and the mechanism of selective peptide adsorption

SV Patwardhan, FS Emami, RJ Berry… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Control over selective recognition of biomolecules on inorganic nanoparticles is a major
challenge for the synthesis of new catalysts, functional carriers for therapeutics, and …

Engineered chimeric peptides as antimicrobial surface coating agents toward infection-free implants

H Yazici, MB O'Neill, T Kacar, BR Wilson… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Prevention of bacterial colonization and consequent biofilm formation remains a major
challenge in implantable medical devices. Implant-associated infections are not only a major …

Material binding peptides for nanotechnology

UOS Seker, HV Demir - Molecules, 2011 - mdpi.com
Remarkable progress has been made to date in the discovery of material binding peptides
and their utilization in nanotechnology, which has brought new challenges and …

A survey of the 2006–2009 quartz crystal microbalance biosensor literature

B Becker, MA Cooper - Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Since the publication of the original review of piezoelectric acoustic sensors in this series
there has been a consistent, gradual expansion in the number of published papers using …

Peptide interactions with metal and oxide surfaces

A Vallee, V Humblot, CM Pradier - Accounts of Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Increasing interest in bio-interfaces for medical, diagnostic, or biotechnology applications
has highlighted the critical scientific challenge behind both the understanding and control of …

Tuning the autophagy-inducing activity of lanthanide-based nanocrystals through specific surface-coating peptides

Y Zhang, F Zheng, T Yang, W Zhou, Y Liu, N Man… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
The induction of autophagy on exposure of cells to a variety of nanoparticles represents both
a safety concern and an application niche for engineered nanomaterials. Here, we show that …

Biotemplated synthesis of inorganic materials: An emerging paradigm for nanomaterial synthesis inspired by nature

BA Krajina, AC Proctor, AP Schoen… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomineralization, the process by which biological systems direct the synthesis of inorganic
structures from organic templates, is an exquisite example of nanomaterial self-assembly in …

Adsorption of amino acids and peptides on metal and oxide surfaces in water environment: a synthetic and prospective review

D Costa, L Savio, CM Pradier - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Amino acids and peptides are often used as “model” segments of proteins for studying their
behavior in various types of environments, and/or elaborating functional surfaces. Indeed …