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 …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid-like aggregation in diseases and biomaterials: Osmosis of structural information

N Balasco, C Diaferia, G Morelli, L Vitagliano… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The discovery that the polypeptide chain has a remarkable and intrinsic propensity to form
amyloid-like aggregates endowed with an extraordinary stability is one of the most relevant …

Bioinspired fluorescent dipeptide nanoparticles for targeted cancer cell imaging and real-time monitoring of drug release

Z Fan, L Sun, Y Huang, Y Wang, M Zhang - Nature nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
Peptide nanostructures are biodegradable and are suitable for many biomedical
applications. However, to be useful imaging probes, the limited intrinsic optical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic microfluidic control of supramolecular peptide self-assembly

ZA Arnon, A Vitalis, A Levin, TCT Michaels… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The dynamic nature of supramolecular polymers has a key role in their organization. Yet, the
manipulation of their dimensions and polarity remains a challenge. Here, the minimalistic …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of peptide nanostructures for biomedical applications

F d'Orlyé, L Trapiella-Alfonso, C Lescot, M Pinvidic… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a challenging need for the development of new alternative nanostructures that can
allow the coupling and/or encapsulation of therapeutic/diagnostic molecules while reducing …

Fabrication of supramolecular antibacterial nanofibers with membrane-disruptive mechanism

T Chen, Y Lyu, M Tan, C Yang, Y Li… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
By studying the principles of self-assembly and combining the structural parameters
required for the asymmetric distribution of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), we newly …

Structural characterization of PEGylated hexaphenylalanine nanostructures exhibiting green photoluminescence emission

C Diaferia, T Sibillano, D Altamura… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides containing aromatic residues are known to exhibit spontaneous phenomena of
supramolecular organization into ordered nanostructures (NSs). In this work we studied the …

Assembly modes of hexaphenylalanine variants as function of the charge states of their terminal ends

C Diaferia, N Balasco, D Altamura, T Sibillano, E Gallo… - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability of peptides to self-assemble represents a valuable tool for the development of
biomaterials of biotechnological and/or biomedical interest. Diphenylalanine homodimer …

Функциональные супрамолекулярные системы: дизайн и области применения

ИС Антипин, МВ Алфимов, ВВ Арсланов… - Успехи химии, 2021 - mathnet.ru
Интерес к функциональным супрамолекулярным системам как основе для
конструирования инновационных материалов и технологий, способных кардинальным …

Microfluidics for real-time direct monitoring of self-and co-assembly biomolecular processes

ZA Arnon, S Gilead, E Gazit - Nanotechnology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular self-assembly is a major approach for the fabrication of functional supramolecular
nanomaterials. This dynamic, straightforward, bottom-up procedure may result in the …