Collagen derived from fish industry waste: progresses and challenges

Z Rajabimashhadi, N Gallo, L Salvatore, F Lionetto - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fish collagen garnered significant academic and commercial focus in the last decades
featuring prospective applications in a variety of health-related industries, including food …

[HTML][HTML] Computational methods to predict protein aggregation

S Navarro, S Ventura - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
In most cases, protein aggregation stems from the establishment of non-native
intermolecular contacts. The formation of insoluble protein aggregates is associated with …

Functional amyloids: the biomaterials of tomorrow?

S Peña‐Díaz, WP Olsen, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Functional amyloid (FAs), particularly the bacterial proteins CsgA and FapC, have many
useful properties as biomaterials: high stability, efficient, and controllable formation of a …

Novel colloidal food ingredients: Protein complexes and conjugates

F Liu, DJ McClements, C Ma… - Annual Review of Food …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Food proteins, polysaccharides, and polyphenols are natural ingredients with different
functional attributes. For instance, many proteins are good emulsifiers and gelling agents …

Food-derived protein amyloid-like fibrils: Fibrillation mechanism, structure, and recent advances for the stabilization of emulsions

Y Xu, C Ma, Y Yang, X Bian, X Liu, Y Wang, N Zhang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Food-derived protein amyloid-like fibrils (PAFs) are fibrous structure formed from proteins
under strong acidic and high thermal conditions for long durations to form fibrous structure …

Chirality induction and amplification in supramolecular systems exhibiting vibrational optical activity

A Kaczor - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vibrational optical activity (VOA) refers to two vibrational techniques: vibrational circular
dichroism (VCD) and Raman optical activity (ROA) that are sensitive both to the chirality and …

Protein nanofibrils and their use as building blocks of sustainable materials

C Lendel, N Solin - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development towards a sustainable society requires a radical change of many of the
materials we currently use. Besides the replacement of plastics, derived from petrochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering structural biological materials: Viewing from the mechanics perspective and their prospects

BB Yin, WK Sun, XY Zhang, KM Liew - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Structural biological materials are multiphase composite materials in nature. Their
mechanical properties are extraordinary despite their weak constituents. This review aims to …

Advances of protein-based emulsion gels as fat analogues: Systematic classification, formation mechanism, and food application

S Cen, S Li, Z Meng - Food Research International, 2024 - Elsevier
Fat plays a pivotal role in the appearance, flavor, texture, and palatability of food. However,
excessive fat consumption poses a significant risk for chronic ailments such as obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in peptide-based hydrogel for tissue engineering

N Bakhtiary, B Ghalandari, F Ghorbani, SN Varma… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of peptide-based materials has emerged as one of the most challenging
aspects of biomaterials in recent years. It has been widely acknowledged that peptide-based …