Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

G Wei, Z Su, NP Reynolds, P Arosio… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

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 …

Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Minimalistic peptide supramolecular co-assembly: expanding the conformational space for nanotechnology

P Makam, E Gazit - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembly is a ubiquitous process in nature and central to bottom-up
nanotechnology. In particular, the organization of peptide building blocks into ordered …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants

T Liu, Y Wang, M Hong, J Venezuela, W Shi… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric devices integrated into physiological systems can be used effectively for
biomedical applications such as sensing biological forces, self-powering biomedical …

Expanding the structural diversity and functional scope of diphenylalanine-based peptide architectures by hierarchical coassembly

W Ji, Y Tang, P Makam, Y Yao, R Jiao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Modulation of the structural diversity of diphenylalanine-based assemblies by molecular
modification and solvent alteration has been extensively explored for bio-and …

An injectable dipeptide–fullerene supramolecular hydrogel for photodynamic antibacterial therapy

Y Zhang, H Zhang, Q Zou, R Xing, T Jiao… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment against multiantibiotic-resistant
bacteria with the advantage of a low tendency towards antibiotic resistance. Due to their …

Hierarchical nanomaterials via biomolecular self-assembly and bioinspiration for energy and environmental applications

C Gong, S Sun, Y Zhang, L Sun, Z Su, A Wu, G Wei - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired synthesis offers potential green strategies to build highly complex nanomaterials
by utilizing the unique nanostructures, functions, and properties of biomolecules, in which …

Supramolecular chemistry: Host–guest molecular complexes

SB Khan, SL Lee - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent times, researchers have emphasized practical approaches for capturing
coordinated and selective guest entrap. The physisorbed nanoporous supramolecular …

Molecular, local, and network-level basis for the enhanced stiffness of hydrogel networks formed from coassembled racemic peptides: predictions from Pauling and …

K Nagy-Smith, PJ Beltramo, E Moore, R Tycko… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels prepared from self-assembling peptides are promising materials for medical
applications, and using both l-and d-peptide isomers in a gel's formulation provides an …