A review on ZnO nanostructured materials: energy, environmental and biological applications

J Theerthagiri, S Salla, RA Senthil… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an adaptable material that has distinctive properties, such as high-
sensitivity, large specific area, non-toxicity, good compatibility and a high isoelectric point …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and trap** transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways

EE Cawood, TK Karamanos, AJ Wilson… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors
towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their …

Recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives of ZnO nanostructure materials towards energy applications

M Saeed, HM Marwani, U Shahzad… - The Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this approach, zinc oxide (ZnO) is a multipurpose substance with remarkable
characteristics such as high sensitivity, a large specific area, non‐toxicity, excellent …

How do we know when single-molecule force spectroscopy really tests single bonds?

KC Johnson, WE Thomas - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Single-molecule force spectroscopy makes it possible to measure the mechanical strength
of single noncovalent receptor-ligand-type bonds. A major challenge in this technique is to …

AFM probing of amyloid-beta 42 dimers and trimers

S Maity, YL Lyubchenko - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms in the development of such a devastating
neurodegenerative disorder as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is currently one of the major …

Molecular scaffolds: when DNA becomes the hardware for single-molecule investigations

C Gosse, TR Strick, D Kostrz - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, single-molecule manipulation has been widely applied to the
real-time analysis of biomolecular interactions. It has enabled researchers to decipher …

Single-molecule studies of amyloid proteins: from biophysical properties to diagnostic perspectives

J Wu, C Cao, RA Loch, A Tiiman, J Luo - Quarterly reviews of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
In neurodegenerative diseases, a wide range of amyloid proteins or peptides such as
amyloid-beta and α-synuclein fail to keep native functional conformations, followed by …

Single-molecule probing of amyloid nano-ensembles using the polymer nanoarray approach

S Maity, E Viazovkina, A Gall… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Soluble amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers are the prime causative agents of cognitive deficits
during early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The transient nature of the oligomers …

Use of DNA forceps to measure receptor-ligand dissociation equilibrium constants in a single-molecule competition assay.

F Stransky, D Kostrz, M Follenfant, S Pomplun… - Methods in …, 2024 - europepmc.org
The ability of biophysicists to decipher the behavior of individual biomolecules has steadily
improved over the past thirty years. However, it still remains unclear how an ensemble of …

A peptide‐display protein scaffold to facilitate single molecule force studies of aggregation‐prone peptides

CPA Doherty, LM Young, TK Karamanos… - Protein …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Protein aggregation is linked with the onset of several neurodegenerative disorders,
including Parkinson's disease (PD), which is associated with the aggregation of α‐synuclein …