Where biology and traditional polymers meet: The potential of associating sequence-defined polymers for materials science

AJ DeStefano, RA Segalman, EC Davidson - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymers with precisely defined monomeric sequences present an exquisite tool for
controlling material properties by harnessing both the robustness of synthetic polymers and …

A field guide to optimizing peptoid synthesis

AM Clapperton, J Babi, H Tran - ACS Polymers Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
N-Substituted glycines (peptoids) are a class of peptidomimetic molecules used as materials
for health, environmental, and drug delivery applications. Automated solid-phase synthesis …

Nanopatterned monolayers of bioinspired, sequence-defined polypeptoid brushes for semiconductor/bio interfaces

B Yu, BS Chang, WS Loo, S Dhuey, P O'Reilly… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to control and manipulate semiconductor/bio interfaces is essential to enable
biological nanofabrication pathways and bioelectronic devices. Traditional surface …

Structural elucidation of a polypeptoid chain in a crystalline lattice reveals key morphology-directing role of the N-terminus

T Yu, X Luo, D Prendergast, GL Butterfoss, B Rad… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability to engineer synthetic polymers with the same structural precision as
biomacromolecules is crucial to enable the de novo design of robust nanomaterials with …

Discovery of a Peptoid-Based Nanoparticle Platform for Therapeutic mRNA Delivery via Diverse Library Clustering and Structural Parametrization

ER Webster, NE Peck, JD Echeverri, S Gholizadeh… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle-mediated mRNA delivery has emerged as a promising therapeutic modality,
but its growth is still limited by the discovery and optimization of effective and well-tolerated …

Sequence modulates polypeptoid hydration water structure and dynamics

S Jiao, DM Rivera Mirabal, AJ DeStefano… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the effect of polypeptoid sequence on
the structure and dynamics of its hydration waters. Polypeptoids provide an excellent …

pH-Dependent Solution Micellar Structure of Amphoteric Polypeptoid Block Copolymers with Positionally Controlled Ionizable Sites

M Zhang, Y Liu, X Zuo, S Qian, SV **ali… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
While solution micellization of ionic block copolymers (BCP) with randomly distributed
ionization sites along the hydrophilic segments has been extensively studied, the roles of …

Greener peptoid synthesis in additive-free water-based media

N Soumanou, D Lybye, T Hjelmgaard, S Faure - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly efficient procedures were developed for greener synthesis of sequence-defined
peptoid oligomers. The optimised chain elongation procedure is carried out in water-based …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of immobilisation strategies on the ability of peptoids to reduce the adhesion of P. aeruginosa strains to contact lenses

M Sara, S Chakraborty, R Chen, D Palms… - Experimental Eye …, 2025 - Elsevier
Aim Previous studies have demonstrated that contact lenses coated with the antimicrobial
cationic peptide Mel4, a derivative of melimine, can reduce the occurrence of keratitis …

Design, synthesis and antifreeze properties of biomimetic peptoid oligomers

M Zhang, Z Qiu, K Yang, W Zhou, W Liu, J Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ice crystals can cause great damage. The utilization of antifreeze agents is an efficient
method to prevent or reduce ice crystal formation and growth. Synthetic antifreeze agents …